Jonathan Nwokpor
Nobel Laureate Prof. Wole Soyinka has come under fire from Yusuf Baba-Ahmed, the former vice presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), for his remarks suggesting that LP presidential candidate Peter Obi was unsuitable to govern the nation.
Baba-Ahmed claimed he could tell Soyinka a few things that would completely ruin him, but he chose not to.
He contends that Soyinka’s intelligence does not grant him the authority to disparage others.
Remember how Soyinka had claimed that Obi’s inability to stop his fans from harassing people who have different opinions on the internet was evidence that he was unqualified to be the leader of Nigeria?
The famous author also charged Obi with inciting “Obidients” to criticize him and other people with different opinions on the internet.
“The learned elder statesman, Prof Wole Soyinka is scared in advance about what good Peter Obi will bring to Nigeria. He’s scared in advance that the end is still looking very likely for his principal, for bad governance.
“What Wole Soyinka is doing now is an attempted distraction, which I beg you excuse me from joining issues with Wole Soyinka, please.
“You and I have much better things to do. For all I know, he could continue to throw punches at my principal, at me, as small as I am. If he continues to do that, all I can do is to grieve in my heart and continue to pray for him.
“You see, intellect doesn’t give you the right to insult anybody. I remember this Soyinka insulting late General Abacha, insulting him to the core that he was daft. Nothing gives him the right to do that. Abacha was not an academic. He was a soldier for God’s sake. And a good soldier in his own way in his own right.
“I beg you, let’s push Soyinka and his likes aside; we have better things to talk about.
“Nobel Laureates are loved and cherished by their people. Soyinka keeps getting insulted, and it is his responsibility to maintain his dignity and respect, not Peter Obi’s.
“I could say a few things to Wole Soyinka that could destroy him for good, but I wouldn’t say that.”
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