Playwright and Nobel Laureate, Wole Soyinka, says the President Goodluck Jonathan administration does not deserve a second term.
Soyinka, while speaking at the 2015 edition of a youth programme titled ‘Vision of the Child’ in Lagos on Thursday, said he had 60 reasons why Jonathan should not be re-elected.
He said Jonathan had failed to rescue the over 200 Chibok girls, who were kidnapped almost 300 days ago.
While addressing students at the event, he said, “I will not vote and I will not encourage anyone to vote for the continuation of this government, simply because your colleagues numbering over two hundred were kidnapped.”
The playwright, who last December described the Jonathan administration as being worse than Babylonian king, Nebuchadnezzar, stated the President’s inability to locate and free the abducted girls represented leadership failure.
He noted that shortly after the girls were kidnapped, Jonathan failed to address the situation and went about as if nothing had happened.
Soyinka said it was, therefore, outrageous for anyone to say he was supporting the re-election of Jonathan.
He added,“It took the Jonathan government 10 days to even accept that the Chibok girls were missing. After that dereliction of duty; after that failure of leadership, after that betrayal of our future, for anyone to think or to put words in my mouth suggesting that I will vote or encourage anyone to vote for this regime is a travesty of intelligence.”
Speaking on the theme, “The Road to Sambisa”, the literary icon stressed Jonathan had not only betrayed children, he had failed as a leader.
“There has been a failure of leadership. Our children whom you represent today have been betrayed,” he said.
Soyinka warned members of the public not to believe every story written about him on the social media on his purported death.
Soyinka had also in September last year accused Jonathan of shielding sponsors of terrorism.
He urged the President not to take likely, allegations by Australian hostage negotiator, Stephen Davis, that there was a group within the Central Bank of Nigeria sponsoring Boko Haram.
The Nobel laureate noted that he personally knew Davis because they both worked together during the Niger Delta militancy crisis.
Soyinka also alleged that information about a suspected financier of the terror group within the CBN was passed to Jonathan but he allegedly sat on it.
Also at the event , the Secretary and Programme Manager for the Vision of the Child programme, Ms. Foluke George, said about 250 students from 60 primary and secondary schools in Lagos would participate in a competition aimed at promoting creative skills.
According to her, the competition will focus on reading, writing, and painting for student aged between eight and 12 years. Click to signup for FREE news updates, latest information and hottest gists everyday
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Soyinka is afraid of what Buhari the barbarian will do to him if he wins. Foolish man. I have been wasting my respect for this spineless man. Buhari will kill him first I am sure
ReplyDeleteThank u for replying d idiot. Na him be real mumu. How can he disrespect Prof.
Deletewhich prof. stupid old fool. dead wood talking.
DeleteWole soyinka or whtever it be, there're no better cloths in ur wall-rope nd dat's seriously affecting ur reasoning. Shud u don't know soyinka, the chibok kidnap is a pure scam which certainly means u have no reason at all to ill-advise ppl against Gej. Controversial human-being.
ReplyDeleteSoyinka is a shameless, spineless senile old man. Today he supports obj, tomorrow jona, anoda day tinubu, amaechi. He is alwz running mouth. Useless fool. All he cares abt is his pocket. Selfish stingy fool.
ReplyDeleteWhy abuse people You think GEJ doesn't have supporters that will abuse anyone that cross their parts You are the fool fighting for an old senile man who has lost touch with reality
Deletewe don't need Soyinka's vote or support, is a foolish old idiot. GEJ have more than enough supporters!
DeleteThat's yoruba 4 you, it flows through their veins and history has a way of repeating itself.
ReplyDeleteUr father is an idiot!!!!
ReplyDeleteWOW!!! I really do not get it... why attack wole soyinka. I am so scared at level of understanding, is it that we now react negetively to truth and we celebrate lies???. the man just said the truth... why are we reacting negetively. #bringbackourgirls
ReplyDeletewhat truth?
DeleteSoyinka is not someone buhari is looking for, buhari is here to deal with corrupt people in d society and not Soyinka bcos there is no where in Nigeria history u hear Wole Soyinka embezzle Nigeria money. So dull head and anti-soyinka group use ur brain and not just talk or paste nonsense on net.
ReplyDeleteNt all professors are wise.professor adeyeye and wole soyinka ar fool
ReplyDeleteWat did he say dat is lie. Sentiments apart
ReplyDeleteHe is now being affected by Senility syndrome The same with Obj
ReplyDeleteWole Soyinka is looking at the benefits to the Yoruba tribe since they feel Buhari will die like Yaradua
He is in for a shocker
If I were him I could have kept quiet instead of dabbling into the murky water of politics
In this I will say Capoon you lagged and deserve to be sampled
Are you the one that kill buhari stupid, is ur father who will die like Yaradua not idiot nonsense, what Prof Said is right Jonathan failed this country neither change has come to Nigeria insha Allahu one week remained idiot Nigeria sai Baba Buhari we are in FeBuhari now...
ReplyDeleteOgogoro in their head is working, that is why they speak from their nyash.
ReplyDeleteJonathan to come back tufiakwa.
He does not have value for children because he never had a child of his own.
All the children purported to have be his children where all adopted children.
Check the achieve. This is the reason why he does not know how it feels to lose a love ones.
we hear you idiot that reasons well. olodo talking nonsense.
DeleteThis is an honest truth, if i were Wole Soyinka, i'd rather stay away from politics, than to talk from two sides of my mouth.
ReplyDeleteNow that he has given us sixty reasons not to vote for Jonathan, let also give us sixty reasons to vote for Buhari..
Professor should just honourably retire from national issues, because this isn't about novels and Nobel laureate awards, it's about Nigeria and Nigerians.
Some young people will even contribute better to National development than the Professor is doing right now.
No disrespect though.
Wole soyinka is a mumu dnt mind those fool
ReplyDeleteProf,stop reducing the respect we have for you.
ReplyDeleteSo, wh'r is d future of our country lies now? D only thg wil nid 2 do nw is to pray 4 our nation 'NIGERIA'
ReplyDeleteXYZ the prof...respect..but you have just given us one reason of the sixty reasons that will disqaulify oga XYZ jonathan..i did loke to hear the complete reasons..respect!!!
ReplyDeleteVery descriptive post, I liked that bit. Will there
ReplyDeletebe a part 2?