On Prof Soyinka, Leave my seat for me and University of Mannittawwiw by bookoons

nigeria · @bookoons · Jun 25 '19 (edited)

$1.13

On Prof Soyinka, Leave my seat for me and University of Mannittawwiw

The social media in Nigeria has been buzzing for the past 24 hours about a particular post made by a Tonye Cole about a young man demanding his window seat from Prof Wole Soyinka. Lots of arguments from different schools of thought as stated below;

![image](https://img.esteem.ws/edodigbc6t.jpg)
Screenshot of my twitter feed

* The young man was wrong, rude and uncouth to have asked the elderly man stand up for him.
* The young man was not wrong to have asked for his seat.
* The youngman is right to have asked for his seat but considering the caliber of person there, he shouldn't have.

#### About Africa and age disparity
Africans believe that no matter what an elder does, he is right. The Yorubas have a saying, "agba dida, omode laa fiin re je" (becoming old is to cheat the younger one). This is the common ground around here and in most homes and communities, you hardly find elders apologizing for wronging someone younger, just because they are older.

### My take.

The airline was at fault to have distorted the seating arrangements. In a case where this happened already, they should have explained the situation of things to the young man and not just assume he'd consider the age and or caliber of the occupant of **his seat**. Whether he decides to leave the seat or not then becomes a choice the man has to make, on his own, not imposed by culture or a group people.

##### On a lighter note....
A twitter user, @tosinodunfa, claims to be the young man in the story. Also claims to have a PhD from the university of Mannittawwiw, which does not exist.

You can follow the gist on Twitter and other social media, also, indicate if you are a graduate of the said school. lmao

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@afolwalex · Jun 25 '19

$0.14

The airline didn't distort the seating arrangements, though. Prof actually sat down in the guy's seat. People do it a lot - sitting on another person's seat is too common, and most of them wants the window seat. You just have to be faster or quicker to ask for that space. The guy that actually brought the matter online is sick. From what I realized, Prof left the seat for him and everything was cool afterwards.

👍 neoxian

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@bookoons · Jun 25 '19

From the epistles online, lots of people are of the opinion that the airline gave Prof a preference due to his reputation. 

And yes, Tonye Cole was wrong to have brought his own side of the story online. I hope both affected parties actually come out to clear the air.

Meanwhile, I am stuck in traffic, come and use jet to pick me...lol

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@afolwalex · Jun 25 '19

$0.14

Okay. I'll call Ramon to stop whatever he's doing and meet you there with an helicopter.

👍 neoxian

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