A top confidant and an avid activist of the TPLF (Tigray People’s Liberation Front) dehumanized the African Union’s High Representative for the Horn of Africa, Olusegun Obasanjo as “worst kind of chimpanzee”.
In a Facebook post made in Tigrigna on Sunday, November 21, 2021, Gebremichael said, “this worst kind of chimpanzee called Obasanjo, following his trip from Mekelle (Tigray’s capital), it is now reported that Isayas (Eritrea’s president) (and) Prosperity (Party) conducted a drone attack in Mekelle. If this (drone strike) has really happened, I suspect that his wristwatch has some sort of spying or tracking app”.
On Sunday, social media activists have been reporting that Ethiopia conducted a couple of drone attacks in Mekelle.
TPLF’s spokesperson Getachew Reda posted a tweet saying that the attack was conducted “around 1:00 am” local time. But the news was not confirmed by the Ethiopian authorities.
The former Nigerian president has been appointed to handle the conflict between Ethiopia and the rebel group TPLF that was proscribed as a terrorist organization by the Ethiopian parliament.
In the past several weeks, Obasanjo has been back and forth between Addis Ababa, Ethiopia’s capital, and Mekelle.
On the day Gebremichael, who shares the same last name with the current TPLF leader Debretsion Gebremichael, made his post on Facebook, another TPLF activist and blogger Abraha Belai posted a similar tweet.
“All those traveling from Addis to Mekelle on a peace mission may also travel with tracking devices or spy gadgets”, Abraha posted. He continued by saying that “the envoys may not be aware of them but those hosting incoming guests should be aware of the danger”.
The only officially known person who is on “a peace mission” between Addis and Mekelle is the African Union’s High Representative for the Horn of Africa, Olusegun Obasanjo. And it is evident that Abraha’s tweet alludes to none but Obasanjo.
Following Mr. Obasanjo’s appointment as a High Representative for the Horn of Africa by AU’s chairperson Moussa Faki Mahamat, the United States and the EU have endorsed the decision.
US Secretary of State and other high officials of the US and EU have been in close contact with Mr. Obasanjo regarding the conflict in Ethiopia.
Ethiopia’s Prime Minister Abiy and his high officials have been showing the highest regard to the former Nigerian president and his peace efforts.
However, Obasanjo’s peace effort was not welcomed by the TPLF. Getachew Reda has been reported to have said in Tigrigna that the TPLF has “told him (Obasanjo) that his peace efforts are but to save Abiy”.
Until this news is reported, the Facebook account of Gebremichael is still active and running. And the dehumanizing post is also still untouched by Facebook.
However, the social media, especially, Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube, accounts of several other Ethiopian activists’, have been denied access for violations of community guidelines. But the activists claimed that their only “crime” is reporting about Ethiopia’s resilience with a trending hashtag #NoMore.
Golgul: the Amharic Internet Newspaper
Photo: Olusegun Obasanjo Photographer: Tony Karumba/AFP/Getty Images
The TPLF is known to be a racist and fascist political force and this racist face book posting by its member and activist is not surprising. According to the political vocabulary of the TPLF, all non-Tigrayans are inferior and called `donkeys`. The Tigrayans are superior and golden people. And according to the TPLF, the current conflict/war is between the `donkeys`and `golden people`. The golden people are destined to win the war and punish the donkeys. Black American politicians like Mrs. Susan Rice should be aware of the racist and fascist politics of the TPLF and distance themselves from it.
You have portrayed them quite perfectly sir.
TPLF is a racist mafia group that only hear and march with its own drum beat. It is beyond me to read such a racist remark from a fellow African. However, we knew from the start the fascist TPLF is a hatemonger and a divisive force from its inception. TPLF is drunk with its own fabricated glory and ethnic purity. They are made of gold whereas the rest of us are made of clay. What a shame!
It angers me to read such a comment from this moronic and narrow minded ethnically drunk idiot, such belittling comment about this good hearted Nigerian brother. These are the dark forces that are destroying Ethiopia and its people supported by the USA and EU for no valid reason. They are killers and looters. Wake up Africa. We have been pushed around for centuries. It is high time to stand up and say no more games by whites against Africa.
On the other hand Africa needs to wake up from its deep sleep. We have been manhandled. We must fight it off. Black people around the world must be united and see ways to alleviate the suffering caused against blacks through a systematic racism ploy by the White world. We also need to fight self righteous men and women who stir up unwarranted controversies and insult people for no valid reason, to be persecuted by the law of the land they live in. I believe if the exact translation is sent to the social media giant he will be banned from his posting immediately. Knowing that TPLF does not have a place for Science, yet the fact remain to be true which says we are closely related to chimpanzees. There is no shame in that. The fact is we share about 98.6% of our DNA. The fact remains a fact. But the insult is never acceptable by any standard. We Ethiopians love our African brothers with in the continent and beyond. Africa must unite and fight off the visible and invisible hands that siphon off its immense resources. Village mindset and ethnic thinking will never help us to improve the livelihood of our people. I dare to say the comment by this TPLF agent and cry wolf can only come from a rotten mind with no view to the rest of the world. His mind is devoid of reality. Hell to the killing machine and ethnically twisted and drunk TPLF and its sympathizers. Africa will prevail!
Well said, brother!! I definitely share your anger of these bunch of primitive low lives! The expression ‘……moronic and narrow minded ethnically drunk idiot,….’ best describes who they really are! Brilliant!