His statement was swiftly circulated among the council's members.
Obama's "statement" was swiftly praised as an unabashed and "brave" comment on the country's restrictive rights for women, by social media users around the world.
Amber Melville-Brown, the lawyer acting on behalf of Vadera, said in a statement: "Dominic Lawson swiftly retracted the allegation and this retraction has been published on the BBC Question Time website.
While Buhari's statement was swiftly excused by his spokesman as a joke, the issue of a woman's place in contemporary society hardly seems comedy material for a president.
Even in these isolated cases, it was notable that the condemnation of those incendiary statements came swiftly and forcefully, and from straight people, including conservative faith leaders.
In a blistering statement during a swiftly convened news conference, Abdullah said he was ready to appear before the panel probing the matter.
The move is "nothing more than grandstanding in an effort to interject the federal government into Texas business," said Michael L. Williams, a railroad commissioner, in a swiftly issued statement.
On Tuesday, it said in a formal statement, "The board has swiftly concluded that Arcelor and Mittal Steel do not share the same strategic vision, business model and values".
At least two Republican presidential hopefuls, Senator Sam Brownback of Kansas and Mitt Romney, former governor of Massachusetts, swiftly issued statements opposing the judge's decision.
(They then swiftly reversed this statement to say "mistakes are on Rolling Stone, not on Jackie").
