Prof Wole Soyinka, the
Nobel Prize laureate, was on BBC he express his candid opinion about the
outcome of the presidential election for Nigeria.
The Nigerian writer and poet had previously characterized the campaign as “vicious, unprincipled, vulgar and violent”, praising, however, people for active participation in the process.
The Nigerian writer and poet had previously characterized the campaign as “vicious, unprincipled, vulgar and violent”, praising, however, people for active participation in the process.
As for the emergence of
Muhammadu Buhari, the former military head of state, as the winner, Soyinka
said:
“We’ll have to wait and see
what that Presidency looks like. I’m happy with the fact that the possibility
now opens out to stem the sliding to anarchy, hatred and lack of productivity,
insensitivity in government. All that makes me very happy but then…
“This is a test. Not just
for the nation but for Buhari, because he had been here before. And I think
Nigerians don’t like to remember that period.”
When asked by the
interviewer what his memories from “that” period were, the prominent Nigerian
responded:
“A very unnecessary
brutality, even in military governments. But what matters is this: Nigerians
have decided to put the past behind and attend the new direction for the
nation.
“It’s a collective feeling,
I think, even among the losing party, among several in the losing party and for
me that’s what really matters.”
Earlier in March the Nobel
prize laureate alleged that there was a plot to impose an interim government in
an attempt to scuttle Nigeria’s upcoming elections.
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