Not Obasanjo’s Concubine –ezekwesili

 A former Vice-President of the World Bank, Dr.
Oby Ezekwesili, on Wednesday denied having any
amorous relationship with former President
Olusegun Obasanjo.
Ezekwesili’s denial followed the widespread
circulation of a photograph showing her in a very
warm embrace with Obasanjo.
In the trending photo, the former President is seen
holding Ezekwesili from behind and giving her a
peck on the cheek.
The controversial picture was taken on Tuesday
during the public presentation of Obasanjo’s
three-part autobiography entitled, ‘My Watch’.
Many online commentators expressed displeasure
with Ezekwesili and Obasanjo for behaving in such
a manner in public.
They accused the former minister of education,
who once served in Obasanjo’s cabinet, of being
indecorous as a married woman and passing a
wrong message to young girls who look up to her
as a role model.
A group known as ‘Hope for Nigeria’ stated that it
was taken aback by the decision of the two
public figures to behave themselves that way in
public.
“This is Dr. Oby Ezekwesili the #BringBackOurGirls
crusader with former President Obasanjo at his
book launch.
“Was it that Ezekwesili forgot that she was in a
public place and a married woman? She threw
caution to the wind. Anyway, we saw her sticking
out her finger in excitement, while the ‘Chemistry’
lasted.
“What manner of role model will this woman be to
young Nigerian girls who look up to her?” the
group wrote, after posting the controversial
photograph on its Facebook page.
But Ezekwesili has fired back at her accusers,
describing those who have reacted to the photo
by calling her unprintable names as “gutter
minds.”
The former minister stated that Obasanjo merely
gave her a “boisterous greeting”, adding that only
“impure hearts” would be suspicious of the
motive behind his expression of goodwill.
She blamed declining “family values” for her
critics’ line of thought, noting that those
“purveyors of the filthy conversation” were merely
“living for the gutter.”
“My former boss – President Obasanjo – gave me
a boisterous greeting at his event yesterday
(Tuesday) and the impure in heart now turn it to
lurid tales.
“Restoring family values will also help take us
back to a descent society. It is clear that many
among us have lost our pure hearts.
“Let us leave them to their lowliness. It is out of
the abundance of the filthiness or purity of heart
that the mouth speaks,” Ezekwesili tweeted.




Source: Punch Online