Noble Laureate Prof Wole Soyinka has advised the Federal Government to consider former President Olusegun Obasanjo’s claim that the aim of the Boko Haram insurgents was to “Islamize” and “Fulanize” the country.
Recall that the former president, in a keynote during the second session of the Synod of the Cathedral Church of St. Paul’s Anglican Church, Oleh, Isoko South Local Government Area, Delta State, said Boko Haram insurgency has transformed into “West African fulanization, African Islamization and global organized crimes of human trafficking, money laundering, drug trafficking, gun trafficking, illegal mining and regime change.”
Following his claim, the Federal Government asked former Obasanjo to retract his statement and offer an apology to Nigerians, saying the claim was ‘indiscreet’.
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But speaking yesterday in Lagos at the Africa Day 2019 organised by United Bank for Africa (UBA), Soyinka who is known never to be in agreement with Obasanjo, cautioned the government for ignoring the call for collaborative efforts to combat insecurity as suggested by Obasanjo.
“However, everybody knows that my relationship with Obasanjo is not too cordial but at the same time, we should be very careful not to be dismissive. If there is a substance, the language must be put aside for a moment.
“I heard the Minister of Information, and I had the feeling that they are leaving aside the substance and worrying too much about the language. Obasanjo was calling for a meeting of stakeholders on a very serious aspect of social menace this country is undergoing.
“This country is undergoing a horrendous descent into the abyss. The perfect picture of Africa is what we must continue to uphold in view as leaders have used the word ‘unity’ to destroy our people.
“The issue of Boko Haram is currently being discussed in the House of parliament in England in relation to Africa’s well-being.’’
Your Comment Prof. Wole Soyinka is a hypocrite, a deceiver and a big coward. Was he not among those praising PMB to high heaven for giving posthumous awards to Gani and MKO and the declaration of June 12 as the new Democracy Day? Did he not grace that occasion with his presence? As a cerebral Nigerian and someone very much abreast with goings-on in this country did he not know that PMB was presenting the South West of Nigeria with a Greek Gift, and selling to them a Pig-in-a-Poke? Ètu Soyinka? How are the Mighty fallen!!! Never knew that you are such a coward and a hypocrite. Redeem yourself while you can.
if baba bu know say baba oba is lying let him disband all the service chiefs and let him apoint new ones from each tribe and let all the key post under his government be distributed across our tribes let baba bu try this.