Nobel laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka, says President
Goodluck Jonathan does not deserve a second
term.

He told a gathering of youths at a programme
titled ‘Vision of the Child’ in Lagos on Thursday,
that he had 60 reasons why Jonathan should not
be returned to office on February 14 when the
presidential election would hold in the country.

Although Soyinka did not list the 60 reasons, he
was specific on one: The April 14 abduction of over
200 schoolgirls by Boko Haram insurgents from
their hostel in Chibok, Borno State.

“I will not vote and I will not encourage anyone to
vote for the continuation of this government,
simply because your colleagues numbering over 200
were kidnapped,” he said.

The playwright, who last December described the
Jonathan administration as being worse than
Babylonian king, Nebuchadnezzar, stated the
President’s inability to locate and free the
abducted girls represented leadership failure.
He noted that shortly after the girls were
kidnapped, Jonathan failed to address the
situation and went about as if nothing had
happened.

Soyinka said it was, therefore, outrageous for
anyone to say he was supporting the re-election of
Jonathan.

He added,“It took the Jonathan government 10
days to even accept that the Chibok girls were
missing. After that dereliction of duty; after that
failure of leadership, after that betrayal of our
future, for anyone to think or to put words in my
mouth suggesting that I will vote or encourage
anyone to vote for this regime is a travesty of
intelligence.”

Speaking on the theme, “The Road to Sambisa”,
the literary icon stressed Jonathan had not only
betrayed children, he had failed as a leader.
“There has been a failure of leadership. Our
children whom you represent today have been
betrayed,” he said.

Soyinka warned members of the public not to
believe every story written about him on the social
media on his purported death.

Soyinka had also in September last year accused
Jonathan of shielding sponsors of terrorism.

He urged the President not to take likely,
allegations by Australian hostage negotiator,
Stephen Davis, that there was a group within the
Central Bank of Nigeria sponsoring Boko Haram.

The Nobel laureate noted that he personally knew
Davis because they both worked together during
the Niger Delta militancy crisis.

Soyinka also alleged that information about a
suspected financier of the terror group within the
CBN was passed to Jonathan but he allegedly sat
on it.

Also at the event , the Secretary and
Programme Manager for the Vision of the Child
programme, Ms. Foluke George, said about 250
students from 60 primary and secondary schools
in Lagos would participate in a competition aimed
at promoting creative skills.

Pot calling kettle black, No be this same man dey praise jonathan just weeks ago and saying buhari is not the right man for nigeria?

This Wole soyinka is now turning into a clown himself I think baba needs to go barb the white forest on his head just maybbe he would have more sensible and reasonabble remarks

All i know is;

Sai Baba
Sai GMB/PYO