Nobel Laureate, Prof. Wole
Soyinka has likened the courage of Leah Sharibu, the kidnapped Dapchi
schoolgirl, who is being held by Boko Haram to that of late Kudirat Abiola,
wife of Chief Moshood Abiola, the acclaimed winner of the 1993 presidential
election.
Soyinka stated this at a brief
22nd remembrance anniversary held at Abiola house, Ikeja, Lagos alongside
former military Governor of Lagos State and leader of the National Democratic
Coalition (NADECO) Rear Admiral Ndubuisi Kanu and founder, Women Arise, Dr Joe
Okei-Odumakin.
The Nobel Laureate said, “I was
quite impressed with what I saw in that young girl, Leah Sharibu, who told her
abductors that ‘No, you can’t take away from me, my freedom.’
“I saw in her, the spirit of
Kudirat Abiola. When she said ‘No.’ She spoke for all of us.
“Irrespective of our differences,
irrespective of our faiths, irrespective of our different ideologies, she
represents all of us. She spoke for our collective humanity.
“And I will implore us not to
forget such name in our minds. Let us understand what they stand for and what
they are fighting for.”
Kudirat Abiola was assassinated
in Lagos on June 4, 1996 at the heat of mobilization for the restoration of her
husband’s mandate as the winner of the 1993 presidential election.
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