Wole Soyinka has asked the Federal Government of Nigeria
to apologize to Sunday Igboho after officials of the Department of State
Services invaded his home.
The DSS invaded
Igboho’s house in Ibadan, Oyo State, on Thursday, July 1, and two of his
associates were killed during the invasion.
Igboho has been
calling for a "Yoruba Nation" in response to what he has described as
a "Fulani invasion" of the South-West. He has been declared wanted by
the DSS.
In an interview
with BBC Pidgin published on Monday, July 5, Nobel Laureate, Wole Soyinka, said
the government’s actions and rationale for invading Igboho’s home
"stinks."
He said: "My advise to the government is that they
should stop pursuing Igboho as a criminal, because you have begun by acting in
a criminal fashion against him.
"If and when Igboho comes to trial, I guarantee you
the government will be very embarrassed.
"I think they should tell Igboho ‘we made a
mistake’, ‘we should not have acted in this way’, ‘you are no longer wanted’,
‘go back to your home'. In fact, escort him to his home and let him resume his
normal life."
Soyinka said
Igboho’s fight for freedom was caused by criminal acts of enemies of Nigeria
who "appear to be supported by the force of the State."
While Soyinka
added that he doesn’t "like the sound of a Yoruba Nation" any more
than he likes the sound of a Tiv or Igbo nation, but he said the country must
be restructured through the decentralisation of power.
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