Pictures of the wife of the President, Mrs. Aisha Buhari, trying to shake hands with the Alaafin of Oyo, Oba Lamidi Adeyemi, which the monarch snubbed is already making rounds on the internet with different reactions pouring in .
The photos formed major discourse on social media
The photos, which were posted on the monarch’s Facebook page, showed Mrs. Buhari trying to shake the hand of the king at an occasion in Borno State.
Oba Adeyemi is the Chancellor of the University of Maiduguri.
Since the photos went viral, they have elicited various reactions from social media users, some of whom felt the monarch snubbed the wife of the president, while others thought her shaking hands with the monarch was disrespectful.
Abdussalam De’eburnian, on the monarch’s Facebook page said, “Iku baba yeye (Alaafin) fears a woman’s handshake.”
But Abayomi Oloyede and others did not see the photos as being funny. Oloyede accused Buhari’s wife of bad manners in trying to give the monarch a handshake.
He said, “No manners because she is the President’s wife. Yoruba people respect the culture. Can she do that to Emir of Kano or the Emir of Katsina?”
On the NigerianEye Facebook page, Babatunde Alexander Michael said 'It is totally against the tradition and culture of Yoruba land to have handshake with kings.Even high prominent like OBJ prostrates before young Ooni of Ile-Ife'
Bekere Becky Afaka stated 'She knows culture even more ,women in the north don't raise hands for a handshake,she was just being arrogant! Can she shake d emir of kano? Alafin even tried, he politely held both of her hands in correction,mild correction.
Where in Nigeria and even London,does a woman make the first move to shake a king? She got it all wrong!!!!!!'
Ekiti State Governor Ayodele Fayose’s media aide, Lere Olayinka, commenting on the photos, said on Twitter, “Can Aisha Buhari greet the Emir of Daura with a handshake as she is doing here to the Iku Baba Yeye, Alaafin of Oyo?
Eze Eziokwu, @Tomyboiz, said, “Aisha Buhari is very disrespectful. How can she extend a hand to the great Alaafin of Oyo?”
Sega L’éveilleur, @segalink, said it was a “Sacrilege; how uncouth can you be, trying to shake the Alaafin? Do you shake your Emirs?” Click to signup for FREE news updates, latest information and hottest gists everyday
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ReplyDeletea king or queen
its common knowledge
she must have been briefed
unless there is an undertone to it
omo iya'ladire unity estate idimu
The media always gives the negative part of a story the other part of the pic shows that she held his fist ✊ with both hands 👐 not dat I'm supporting her actions but at least we should always try and balance things
ReplyDeleteOffcourse you are not supporting her action and it's glaring or isn't it?
DeleteMistakes are mistakes! We should not make a mountain out of a molehill.
ReplyDeleteOn a normal day Northern women nor raise their hand say dem wan shake man
ReplyDeleteall i know is that this so call first lady lacks manners, and that comes when one feel too powerful in a society like nigeria, but time shall tell people.
ReplyDeleteA northern woman can never do that thank you,u ppl can now see d woman buhari promised Nigerians that she will only stay as his wife ND no roll of a first lady,u guys can not deceive me.thats d point here
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ReplyDeleteDid her husband shake he lady appointees? Besides mrs buhari lacks manners and has recentl shown that she is ill mannered and uncultured. 90% of northern Muslim women are not allowed to come out of their huts talk less of trying to shake the hands of a reverted Yoruba monarch. No wonder general buhari initially didn't want the office of the a First Lady although as usual I neve came to pass. He knows tha his wife is not clued enough for such a post. He travels without her too. Anyway, no biggie on this issue. No matter of you dress a monkey, he will embarrass you when he sees a banana
ReplyDeleteCan she raise hand to shake her husband, a common elected president? How can she now raise her hand to shake a man ordained by institution? It shows lack of respect on her part. Or does she think because she is the wife of the president, that she is equal to all men? I trust the Yorubas, they observe culture to the last.
ReplyDeleteExcuse me sir! Even I do not know one isn't supposed to shake an emir. I am a Muslim so take for example in a mosque after prayer the emir of Kano is sitting right next to me if I extend my hand for a shake he would shake me it isn't Sign of disrespect at all. So perhaps Aisha was told perhaps she wasn't....besides what's the problem with shaking her his husband please?
DeleteYou are wrong to an extent (to an extent because because you might be correct in your own right).
DeleteI was in a meeting where a man wanted to shake a Muslim woman, she declined. We were later made to know that it is not done, in your culture. Or are trying to say that the culture allows women to initiate the handshake and not the other way round. I don't think so. Moreso before the election, Aisha said she will be home cooking for and receiving her husband's guests. She said it herself. I read it. She said it in trying to run Dame Patience down. She lied. For all we know, Patience never made this sort of 'mistake'. Nigerians should open their eyes against next time. Not all that glitters is gold
Please do men and women sit with men in your mosques? Please we need to say things the way they are o. Please enlighten me please.
DeleteThank U Iku baba yeye! If this has been Eze Ndigbo we would grab her hands and embrace her, seeing money instead of Aisha.
ReplyDeleteThis is the first time you have not been subjective in your opinion. Welcome to reality. Thumbs up!
DeleteBoth of you are less than idiots! Maggots!!!
DeleteI am not an igbo person but from what I learnt from social studies in those days, igbos don't have monarchs but warrant Chiefs. So leave them out of this.
DeleteThat is lack of respect is the side of Ahsia. If not elected as the wife of the president can she shake her hands with the monarch.
ReplyDeleteThere is no big deal in this, after all she isn't a yoruba woman, she may not know yoruba culture.I know mrs buhari not to be disrespectful.
ReplyDeleteNo big deal? She isn't a yoruba woman, abi, Idowu. Can a Yoruba woman attempt to shake the hand of the Emir of Kano or the Sultan of Sokoto without almost having her head cut off? Let us call a spade a spade. Our Obas deserve respect as much as any Emir or Obi. Period.
DeletePower corrupts, and absolute power corrupts absolutely. Dear Mrs. Aishat Buhari, try to learn your lesson with all sense of humility and meekness, because you shall continually be tested on this same issue, so long as you shall remain to be the wife of our dear President. God bless Nigeria.
ReplyDeleteUnbelievable. Maybe it was just an oversight. No mortal is above mistake.
ReplyDeleteHas anybody thought about the angle of the picture? What if she was trying to shake the next person and the angle makes it look like she was trying to shake the oba. I'm just thinking with a clear and unbiased head
ReplyDeleteThere is no angle to it.She was trying to extend her hand for a hand shake.Which wasn't suppose to do knowing fully well that the person in question is an Obama who does take handshakes.
DeleteShake me, no hand shake for you.
ReplyDeleteThe truth remains even up north women don't shake their husbands talk less of a king. It's not just about yoruba culture but the indigenous African thing.
Even our dear presido snubbed a woman's handshake during his swearing in ceremony last year "though can't remember whom exacyl".
An average northern man would not ordinarily shake a woman, and vice versa, especially not during this season of Ramadan.
So she goofed.
But I'll like to put it out there that though PMB snubbed his country woman's hand, he was polite enough to grab madame Christine Lingarde's. So what's d deal Abeg?
That is what it should be. Anyone criticizing this action must be a fool.
ReplyDeleteHe did the right thing, since he is not a political King neither is he a King by election.
The same woman that called a sitting Governor ...an unchained mad dog...she lacks good moral values...Huushhh!!!
ReplyDeleteYou don't try to do to others what others can't do to you or your people. A man can not ordinarily shake the hands of the Emir of Kano or the Sultan of Sokoto, not to talk of a woman. The fact that she is the wife of the president does not confer on her the privilege of shaking hands with a Yoruba Oba. Despite the current political problems in the South West which has largely eroded the power and place of the Oba, culturally, we still respect our Obas. The other day, the wife of a governor knelt down in public for the "wife" of a spiritual, leader not minding that her husband is a sitting governor. Respect begets respect.
ReplyDeleteIn the olden days can ordinary man (not even a woman or the kings mother) move closer to a Yoruba king (without prostrating or kneeling down) and advance handshake to him? Such a person would be bundled by the palace/kings guards for prosecution or the person would receive the last curse of his life before he quit the earth. Who is that woman that can stand and look straight into the eye of a lion except .........
ReplyDeleteIt is sheer arrogance from Aisha Buhari. Can she extend her hand to shake the Sultan of Sokoto. The last I saw of her in the palace, She actually knelt down to greet the Sultan, while the Sultan was walking to sit on his throne.
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