Nigerian superstar singer, Teniola Apata’s has stirs mixed reactions following claims that she ‘disrespect’ President Muhammadu Buhari while receiving the National Honors award.
A viral video showing Teni refusing to shake hands with the president while receiving the award surfaced online at the early hours of Wednesday.
While many felt the singer did well for subtly expressing the youth’s displeasure with the president, others felt she should have rejected the award if she truly wanted to register her displeasure with the president.
Watch the video below here:
Teni no send una president oooo 😌❤️ Love it… na weyrey plenty pass for this app, if she shaked him ( na wahala), she no still shake am,na still wahala
• Teni • Ezra • Chioma • Neymar #PrayForRicoSwavey pic.twitter.com/1tN4QhpQqC
— Bigwiz🧠 (@manunitedtopboy) October 11, 2022
Reacting to the video, Alfre Ebi James wrote: “Na sense she no get. Best she should have don is to reject the award like Prof Chinua Achebe did.
The office of the president is sacrosanct and must be accorded the utmost respect, regardless of who is there. The fact that you’re happy with her behaviour is surprising.”
On his part, @Felemax said the singer should be subjected to imprisonment and hard labour for her actions.
“the act is tantamount to imprisonment with hard Labour. If she was not pleased she should’ve turned down her nomination and rejected it,” he wrote.
Justifying Teni’s decision to subtly register her displeasure, @_larry101 wrote “Mumu, her father was killed in one of the coups. The evil that men do… Make una dey do nonsense.”
Also renowned journalist, David Hundeyin who seemed pleased with the musician’s action wrote “I’m almost ashamed to come from this generation of Nigerian men. See a woman displaying the balls that the rest of us apparently couldn’t.”
Teni did what most of your so called celebrities had no guts to do. Nigerian youths has constantly received disrespect and abuse from the Nigeria government. What does APC blind bats mean that she disrespected the President, I thought they say Respect is reciprocal?
— Duke of Africa (@Allezamani) October 12, 2022
People are not worried that a failed Minister of Education is getting a national award, they are worried that Paystack Ezra Olubi “didn’t dress to impress their daddy” and Teni didn’t dobalè for emperor Buhari.
I don taya for una. I swear
— FS Yusuf (@FS_Yusuf_) October 12, 2022
I watched that Teni video several times, desperate to see when she disrespected the president, yet to see it. I must be watching the wrong videos. Social media’s capacity to create a false reality is unprecedented. Narratives are now more powerful than what people see.
— JJ. Omojuwa (@Omojuwa) October 12, 2022
Watched the video again. Teni still hasn’t disrespected President Buhari. I watched it in slow mo. Will fast forward my next watch.
— JJ. Omojuwa (@Omojuwa) October 12, 2022
If you’re not happy with the way Teni received the award from Buhari go to her house and collect the award back.
— TIFE🌚 (@ZeekiHodl) October 12, 2022
If all the recipients of the award maybe behaved like teni , maybe shame will finally catch this government but no you people must respect anything and anyone older regardless of what they’ve put you through.
— 𝕂𝕦𝕤𝕤𝕞𝕒𝕟 (@kusssman) October 12, 2022
You people cry about Teni, what did she do in the video that is disrespectful? Na by force to smile to President or na by force to shake am?
It's understandable that many of us do not have the balls to show displeasure openly,because we like celebrating nonsense.— Gorzhye (@stgorzhye) October 12, 2022
Teni disrespected our president and you all are praising her for such unruly behavior?
— Persian Queen 💥 (@teeana_world) October 11, 2022
If you follow for people wey dey argue about Teni, you just Dey waste your time, people no see fault go tell u say nothing dey disrespectful and people wey see fault go stand on their ground say she dey disrespectful🚶🏾
— UPDATEBOYZ (@Updateboyx) October 12, 2022
I’ve watched that Teni video like 6 times & I’m still yet to find what is wrong with it
— Y.O. (@yojora) October 12, 2022
If what TENI did in front of Mr president of Nigeria yesterday is okay by you, then you lack parental up bringing as well.
— Abazz (@abazwhyllzz) October 12, 2022
I watched that Teni video and didn’t see what you people are making noise about.
— Oluwafunmilayo🇳🇬 (@FunmiKolz) October 12, 2022
If e reach your turn somersault collect the award. Make we hear word abeg🤣🤣🤣 Leave Teni alone
A comrade and more😆— Chinaza Awadike (@ChinazaAwadike) October 11, 2022
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