By Amos Aar
FACEBOOK users in Benue State have in their numbers excoriated Dr Donatus Aondona Mkor, a former lecturer of the Department of Political Science, Benue State University (BSU) Makurdi, for using vulgar language on a lady, one Alice Orun, a staunch supporter of Rt. Hon. Titus Uba, the governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), for her equally vulgar language on Rev. Fr. Hyacinth Iormem, the APC governorship candidate in Benue recently on her Facebook wall.
Mkor was until recently the Media Consultant to the Minister of Special Duties and Intergovernmental Affairs, Senator George Akume.
Before his appointment as Media Consultant, Mkor was reportedly dismissed from the Department of Political Science over allegations of sexual harassment. He had sued BSU at the Makurdi Division of the National Industrial Court (NIC) but lost the case.
Mkor’s vulgar comment came to public limelight when PDP’s Benue State Publicity Secretary, Mr Bemgba Iortyom, made a screenshot and posted it on Facebook on Friday, 24th June, 2022.
“When A Man Has Lost It Completely…
“The attached screenshot is a comment Mkor Aondona Donatus made to a lady, Alice Orun a while ago. The comment says “yem a ikyur i human sha” which literally translated means ‘go away with your smel*y vag*na’. The lady’s only crime is making a favorable comment on a post I made on my wall (not on Mkor’s wall). How else can a man show he has lost it so completely???”, Iortyom wrote.
Mkor, who is a strong supporter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) 2023 gubernatorial candidate, Rev. Fr. Hyacinth Alia, was reacting to Alice’s comment on Bemgba Iortyom’s post which read, “My people, we move” in favour of Rt. Hon. Titus Uba of the PDP.
But before Dr Mkor made the above comment which appears too harsh, vulgar and unbefitting of a highly educated person, he threatened on his Facebook timeline: “That miserable PDP goon and hireling that calls herself Alice Orun should take notice that she does not have monopoly of foul/gutter language against people on Facebook!! NONSENSE!!” This implied that Alice might have made an injurious post or comment other than the seemingly soft one.
It was however found that Alice’s comment is a reaction to Mkor’s reaction: “Yem a ikyur i human sha“. She wrote: “Forget that jualess pig Mkor joor”. Meaning; “forget that pig that doesn’t have a penis.”
There has been streams of condemnation of Dr Mkor’s vulgarity on Facebook. Festus Kerchia wrote, “A wasted education”.
Donald Ioramemga Iornumbe Gesa wrote, “Mkor is the only PhD award winner in tswar tuhwan. Ka ibumeor u ake atar azua atar” (meaning: Mkor is the only PhD award winner in anus insult. He is a foolish man with three testes and three penises).
Comments among hundreds of others include: “He is unfortunate human being”, Atondo Terkuma John commented. “This man is not well cultured, is he?”,
Geoffrey Mkar asked: “How much Mkor has deteriorated and lost touch with his status as a PhD holder. I’m so ashamed, indeed”.
Cornelius Terhemen Hwande writes: “Haba Mkor, this is politics taken too far. How can you call yourself a PhD holder?”
There are others who faulted Bemgba Iortyom as the supposed image maker and builder of the PDP for sharing Mkor’s vulgar comment.
Qaave Sunday Qaave wrote: “But in actual sense, you are the one who has done the real harm to this lady, leaving it at the level of comment many of us could not have known. You have not done anything different from Mkor. The two of you are wrong”.
Paul Ogunigwe wrote: “You are so manipulative. You have slandered people in more dehumanizing manner than this. How you are quick to make screen shots to show your cunningness is legendary”.
Calls for the withdrawal of Mkor’s PhD
Some people are even calling for the withdrawal of Mkor’s PhD award because of lack of character transformation. They cited many instances like his sack from BSU over alleged rape and obscene expressions.
Just two weeks ago, Bemgba Iortyom claimed that he had dragged Mkor to court for defaming his character that he, Iortyom had slept with his step mother!
On the 12th June, 2022, Ernest Tortiv wrote on Facebook: “Mkor has done it again”, which was an indication that Mkor always uses vulgar language. “Hehehe! Take a look at yourself and deny that a mad man never had carnal knowledge of your mum who conceived you??? “, Tortiv quoted Mkor as making a comment against a young man on Facebook.
It’s surprising that 2023 political aspirations have reduced educated people in Benue State to mere social media thugs! A don at the Benue State University, Makurdi, Dr Chris Orngu, was not far from the truth when he lamented three days ago on his Facebook wall: “Benue State has suddenly become an epicentre of fake news, political propaganda and social media banditry!”
Supporting the university don’s assertion, Terna Umah commented: “The activities of these Facebook thugs turned media aide calls for concern. They insult elders who are old enough to be their grandparents, spread falsehood and lies and promote hate speech, and I want to blame the political gladiators for being responsible for this because they are the ones sponsoring these Facebook thugs. I just discovered that the average Benue youth is highly misguided, May God help our generation”.
Sam Agbo wrote: “I just wonder how university graduates in Benue will reduce themselves to be agents of public nuisance.”
