Apologize To Sunday Igboho - Wole Soyinka To FG (Video)

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Nobel Laureate Prof Wole Soyinka has advised the President Muhammadu Buhari led government to apologize to Yoruba activist, Sunday Igboho for invading his house, destroying properties and killing some of his supporters.

The DSS on Thursday invaded Igboho’s house in Ibadan, Oyo State, according to the spokesman of the organization, based on intelligence report it received that the activist stockpiled arms in his house to use in causing chaos within the region.

 

Igboho is known for his call for a ‘Yoruba Nation’ over what he has described as a ‘Fulani invasion’ of the South-West.

 

In an interview with BBC Pidgin published on Monday, Soyinka said the government’s actions and rationale for invading Igboho’s home “stinks.”

 

“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,” he said.

 

“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.”

 

According to Soyinka, Igboho’s fight for freedom was preceded by criminal acts of enemies of Nigeria who “appear to be supported by the force of the State.”

 

While Soyinka noted he doesn’t ‘like the sound of a Yoruba Nation’ anymore than he likes the sound of a Tiv or Igbo nation, he said the country must be restructured through the decentralization of power.

 

See the video below;