How an article about Elrufai's wife's reaction to her son's threat to "pass" around someone's mother led to the Deputy Editor of Brittle Paper losing his job
The dismissal of the Deputy Editor of Brittle Paper, Otosirieze Obi-Young, over an article he wrote about Hadiza Elrufai's reaction to her son's threatening remarks about a woman has sparked controversy in the Nigerian literary community.
The upheaval began when Bello El-Rufai made threatening comments about another Twitter user's mother, which led to Hadiza El-Rufai's response and subsequent criticisms. Otosirieze wrote an article addressing Hadiza El-Rufai's tweet supporting her son, which was later pulled down for not meeting editorial standards.
Following this, Otosirieze was fired from Brittle Paper after refusing to make further changes to the article as requested by the founder, Ainehi Edoro. This led to a division within the Nigerian literary community, with some supporting Aine...