Wole Soyinka, Nobel laureate, has
advised the federal government to seek assistance from the international
community to end the killings by suspected herdsmen.
Soyinka described the killings in
Benue and other states as ethnic cleansing, saying “there is no other word to
describe it”.
The professor made the comments
on Thursday while speaking in Makurdi, the Benue state capital, during the 35th
anniversary of ‘Adan Wade Kohol Ga’, a novel written by of Suemo Chia.
He said: “If the government
cannot cope, it should not shy away from asking for international help.
“People are dying, this
government cannot cope, please just ask for international help and I know
they’re ready and willing to come to our aid.
“Instead of treating the country
of its cancerous disease rather, it is ringworm that is being treated.
“The killings that are taking
place in Benue and other states are targeted at ethnic cleansing and there is
no any other word to describe it than that.”
Soyinka said the killings would
have stopped if President Muhammadu Buhari had visited the hotspots and issued
warnings to herdsmen.
“We have to come together to
probe the ugly situation so that the impunity which is going on in the country
for long will stop,” he said.
“If the President had visited any
community where lives were lost due to the killings perpetrated by the armed
herdsmen and give warnings, the killings would have stopped since.”
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