Professor Wole Soyinka has
been involved in Nigeria politics for more than 50 years. He had witnessed
different political era in Nigeria and he has sound acumen to interpret every
political move in the country.
Pofessor Wole Soyinka during
an interview with DW expressed concern that the game of June 12, 1993 might
still come to play. He is of opinion that the military could take over the
leadership of the country after the presidential elections on March 28. He
stated that "Ex military officers and security officers are trying to push
aside the political contestants and use the unrest as an excuse to establish an
interim government. The nature of the interim government wants to pretend it's
not really a military intervention. A few political leaders, well-known
civilians, want to give the veneer of civilian structure, but basically it’s a
kind of political intervention."
According to the Noble Laureate,
Nigeria is aspiring very hard to become a failed state "It will take a
generation at least to exterminate this phenomenon altogether. The military
would not have had to cope with Boko Haram on this level if the proper action
had been taken at the right time. This is the biggest the problem I have with
the Jonathan government."
He
further decried the increasing state of aggression exhibited during election
campaign in Nigeria. He further stated particularly that the carefree speech of
the wife of the Nigeria President, Mrs Patience Jonathan should be curbed. "What
she said was totally unacceptable. I no longer regard her as the First Lady of
Nigeria," he said.
