Soyinka, who spoke in an interview with Zero Tolerance, a periodic publication by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, noted that Buhari has already paid some debts to the Nigerian community, describing him as a lucky man.
Soyinka noted that although Buhari has not come out openly to apologise for his wrong deeds in the past, he has nonetheless accepted the fact that he had made some mistakes.
He said: “He (Buhari) has not brought himself round to apologise; if he had done that, I might have been less ambiguous about him. But I think from my findings about him, he is a born again phenomenon. If I am wrong, well, too bad. Though I don’t believe in ‘born-againism’ but I think this may be an exception.”
Nigerians should’ve challenged Jonathan for defending stealing.
The laureate also descended heavily on former President Goodluck Jonathan for trying to differentiate between stealing and corruption, saying Nigerians should have challenged him on that.
Soyinka noted that it was wrong for a president to have taken such a position on a serious issue like corruption, thereby playing down its negative impact on the nation and its people.
He said: “The media should have challenged President Jonathan to define what stealing is, when he said that stealing is not corruption. How can a public figure, an intelligent person like that, come out to tell the public that corruption is not stealing? Then you should have asked him, what then is corruption? The media should have challenged him.” Click to signup for FREE news updates, latest information and hottest gists everyday
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Prof.Sir, I think you over rated GEJ simply as an intelligent Man or was it because of his PhD? Well, he may be Knowledgeable in zoological sciences but seriously it has no relevance to Nigeria's socioeconomy. GEJ lacks leadership quality, he is a quintessence of Mediocre in public office.
ReplyDeleteJona matter go kill all Ur CORRUPT persons that are claiming to be righteous.
DeleteMechie onu gi. Ewu Nama. EL-MATORIOUS or what you call yourself, when everyone is moving in a positive direction you'll go the exact opposite especially when it concerns GEJ matter. All you know is to call people "mumu" and you claim to have Masters Degree. If you think that because GEJ"s middle name is "Azikiwe" then he is your brother from the same hamlet so you'll defend him stupidly,then you must be a fool. You can continue to hide behind a clown mask...after all that is what you are. Take note: CHANGE has come to stay whether you like it or not, so get used to it. Amadioha gbue gi. Onye arurala. Omo jati-jati , Banza mutum kawai.
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