Presidential aspirant in trouble for ‘mistakenly’ describing running mate as “beautiful and delectable”

However, his description of Khadijah Abdullahi-Iya has triggered the wrath of some feminists on twitter who claim the compliment is misogynistic.

Fela Durotoye reportedly passed the compliment when he featured in the country’s 2019 Presidential debate on Saturday.

In the course of the debate, the aspirant was attempting to answer a question on gender inclusivity when he described Khadijah Abdullahi-Iya as a “beautiful and delectable” lady.

It is public knowledge that some contemporary feminists detest the use of certain adjectives to describe women, saying such words are demeaning to womanhood and misogynistic.

Probably, Fela didn’t know that “beautiful and delectable” are part of the ‘forbidden’ adjectives.

Reports say Nigerian rapper, M.I Abaga was one of the people who initially drew attention of other feminists to the development, saying: “someone just called his running mate for the presidency of a country.. called his female running mate ‘beautiful and delectable‘ as the first words to describe her… Smh.”

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Presidential aspirant in trouble for ‘mistakenly’ describing running mate as “beautiful and delectable”

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