Nobel Laureate, Professor Wole
Soyinka, has told President Muhammadu Buhari, that he cannot ignore the
four-page open letter addressed to him, by former President Olusegun Obasanjo,
on Monday.
Obasanjo, in the open letter,
bemoaned the alarming state of insecurity in the nation.
Soyinka, speaking with the Daily
Sun, said Buhari cannot “play deaf” to voices like Obasanjo and former Governor
of old Kaduna State, Balarabe Musa.
“Read the Obasanjo statement. It
should be obvious to government, by now, that the nation is not sleeping easy.
“When voices as ideologically
separated as Obasanjo and Balarabe Musa harp on the same theme, government
should understand that this is not the time to play deaf,” he said.
Obasanjo, had in the letter, which
centred largely on insecurity in the country, said as a result of the
herders-farmers clashes, very onerous cloud is gathering.
Soyinka also agreed that Nigeria
is hurting like never before in its history.
He added: “We cannot all be mere
idle alarmists and all at the same time.
“The nation is hurting. It’s
hurting like none of us can recall in our lifetime.
“It’s a time for unprecedented
approaches. The call for a national conference is not new; it is, however,
taking on an accelerated urgency that no one should ignore.”
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