Wole Soyinka

Nobel laureate Wole Soyinka has described Yusuf Ahmed-Datti, the vice presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Supreme Court comment over the swearing in ...

It is a fascist language that alienates the people. Soyinka went on to accuse Datti of broad-daylight blackmailing of the judiciary.”His comments were unbecoming and a threat to the judiciary. According to him, “Datti kept saying the Supreme Court better give his interpretation.

“I never heard anyone threaten the judiciary the way I heard Dattti speaking. Blackmailing attitude. Do or die provocation is not what we are struggling for ...

It is unacceptable and I refuse to be a part of it,” he added. According to the laureate, “Datti kept saying the Supreme Court better give his interpretation. That is what is known as fascistic language; it is not acceptable.”

Nobel Laureate Wole Soyinka said he tried to discourage veteran politicians Atiku Abubakar and Bola Tinubu from contesting the Nigerian presidency to allow ...

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Nobel laureate, Wole Soyinka, said the comments of Labour Party vice-presidential candidate Datti Baba-Ahmed towards the judiciary were unacceptable.

“Nearly the totality of Datti’s comment in the interview was unbecoming. “But Datti kept saying, in his wisdom, that the supreme court must agree with me. That kind of do-or-die attitude and provocation is not what I think we have all been struggling for,” Soyinka said. “And I am repeating it, whoever does not meet the constitutional requirement must not, must never be sworn in. “I am taking this risks for the sake of my country. I am telling you that on the 29th of May 2023, swear in Tinubu as this result is, you have ended democracy whoever you are.

Nobel laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka has been dragged on social media for his remarks on the supporters of the.

No one is more citizen than all of us in this country. He has only one vote like others. Wole Soyinka is among the privileged class so I don't expect him to say anything positive. He is yet to say what Datti Ahmed said that’s wrong or inciting. He is such a hypocrite. [April 5, 2023]

Nobel laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka, said he warned the presidential candidates of the People's Democratic Party, PDP and the ruling All Progressives ...

“This prejudicial selectivity is a betrayal of trust, and I find it contemptuous of public deserving. “I denounced the menacing utterances of a vice-presidential aspirant as unbecoming. “My rejection of fascism is nothing new. “This is especially crucial in a time of civic uncertainty. “But, he wasn’t the only one. We need an infusion of fresh blood into the system’.