Bobloco:
The Gbaju e crooner has now been handsomely rewarded for his silence and for not speaking up against the worst regime in the history of this country.

This is someone who spoke against one of the best regimes in the history of this country, the Goodluck Jonathan government. He even went as far as describing the then president, Goodluck Jonathan, to be worst than Nebuchadnezzar. 

Max24:

You know you people are crazy? Must you always be a party popper? Can't you people be happy for others for once in your lives. Can't you people ignore the thread if you can't join to congratulate the celebrant? Nah waa for you people. ooo.

RichBoy247:


Tell Goatluck Jonathan too to start his protest abi you want Wole Soyinka to start a protest against himself?

YorubaNiBaba:
Peppering time be this.... Our blodas from 5 plots of land no go like this

naptu2:
I have the book, so I went and read it again after making that post. It's been some months since then, but I can give you a better account of what happened.

General Abdulsalami Abubakar addressed the United Nations and it was on that trip to the US that he invited several pro-democracy activists to see him.

Professor Wole Soyinka and around 3 or 4 other activists went to the Nigerian UN Mission to see him. They saw a notorious pamphlet while they were waiting. That pamphlet contained some of the lies in my next post. One of the other activists drew their attention to it. He was very angry and it took some effort by Wole Soyinka to calm him down.

During the meeting with Abubakar, Professor Soyinka announced his intention to sue the Nigerian Government for the lies in the pamphlet. General Abubakar had never heard of the pamphlet. Professor Gambari said that it was a certain official that brought the pamphlet to the mission. He said that he had warned the official that he didn't want anything to do with it.

Anyway, Professor Soyinka said that it was nothing personal, but that he intended to sue the government.

General Abubakar then listed the many people that told him that they were going to sue the government (if I remember correctly, it included General Obasanjo and the family of Chief Abiola). He said that, if the people win the cases, then the money would come from the tax payers. He listed so many problems that Nigeria had and he appealed that everybody should come together to solve them, rather than adding to them.


The last time I wrote about the lies about Tai Solarin, so this time I'll write about the lies about Wole Soyinka, most especially because Obidients are repeating them (although I believe that every sensible person knows that they are lies).

The next post was actually about Tai Solarin, but I'll cut off the section about Dr Solarin. Click on my username in the quote if you want to read the whole thing

naptu2:
Since it's two months since I wanted to write this post, I guess I should just rush through it, otherwise I might never create it.


There were a lot of people that fought against military rule in Nigeria. The military governments created propaganda to tarnish the images of these people. In some cases, this propaganda was not actually created by the government, rather they were created by people that were close to the government.


So, for example, if you mentioned Professor Wole Soyinka, some people will tell you that he created the first confraternity in Nigeria (as if a confraternity is a bad thing). Many of the people that say this actually know the difference between a confraternity and a youth gang, but they want to deceive people who do not know the difference.

↑ That argument above is the standard argument that has always been used, but the Abacha Government went into overdrive in churning out propaganda against Professor Soyinka. They produced a woman that claimed that she was Professor Soyinka's wife. That woman has vanished since the Abacha regime came to an end. They spread stories that Professor Soyinka did not actually have the university degrees that he had (this lie has been resurrected by Obidients because of Professor Soyinka's position on the last election). They also accused him of being behind the bombing campaign that rocked Nigeria in the late 1990s.

In fact, when Abdusalam Abubakar became head of state and was trying to reconcile Nigerians, when he met with Wole Soyinka in New York on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly meeting, the very first thing that Professor Soyinka told him was that he intended to sue Nigeria's permanent representative to the United Nations, Professor Ibrahim Gambari, because Professor Gambari repeated some of those lies and he also intended to sue Abdulsalam's government because Abacha's government created the lies and Abdulsalam's government, as its successor, has inherited the responsibility for the lies. General Abubakar had to plead with him.


Of course everybody knows the issue with Fela. The military governments used to scare parents by pointing out that Fela smoked indian hemp and slept with a lot of women. They frightened parents that their children will become like Fela if they listened to his music.


It was really very difficult to create propaganda against Chief Gani Fawehinmi, but the military governments tried, it's just that it didn't stick. They claimed that Chief Fawhinmi was just a troublemaker, but people didn't care about those claims. They also said that he had an unexplained source of wealth, but that didn't stick either because Chief Fawehinmi had a habit of representing people for free and of giving scholarships to a large number of people. People did not care about his source of wealth because he never held government office. But I can tell you his source of funds.

Chief Gani Fawehinmi was a lawyer and he owned his own chambers, so you might think that he made money by practising law, but Chief Fawhinmi had a habit of representing poor people and students for free. I don't think that arguing cases in court was his main source of money.'

You see, lawyers need to cite previous cases, but it was very difficult to get certified true copies of judgements from court registries across Nigeria. Chief Gani Fawhinmi sent his lawyers to courts across Nigeria to get details of cases. He then published the details of these cases in what is called the Nigerian Weekly Law Report. This became the bible of the legal profession in Nigeria. Every lawyer must have one. Gani Fawehinmi made a lot of money from publishing the Nigerian Weekly Law Report and he used some of that money to provide scholarships for the poor.


Now to the subject of this post, Dr Tai Solarin.

Dr Tai Solarin

There was nothing that the military government could use against Dr Tai Solarin. Dr Solarin was a socialist who lived a very frugal life. He only wore khaki shorts, shirt and cap. He had no need for luxuries. So there was nothing that they could use against him. . .until 1990.

Dr Tai Solarin was one of the leaders of the 1989 SAP riots and he was arrested by the SSS (which was normal, he was always being arrested by governments). The government then entered into discussions with him. Dr Solarin wanted to help the poor, so they gave him an opportunity to do that.

naptu2:
Wole Soyinka as an actor.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NyDB3Dh82tk?si=hM4cqlPiElkB5Snu

Photo: on the set of a movie.

Bobloco:
The Gbaju e crooner has now been handsomely rewarded for his silence and for not speaking up against the worst regime in the history of this country.

This is someone who spoke against one of the best regimes in the history of this country, the Goodluck Jonathan government. He even went as far as describing the then president, Goodluck Jonathan, to be worst than Nebuchadnezzar. 

maasoap:


You do realise that Wole Soyinka was imprisoned for his solidarity with Biafra struggle and that was 1960s? Today, he has become Gbaju e coroner, lol. Give the man some breathing space because he had been speaking up before your father was born.

YorubaNiBaba:
Peppering time be this.... Our blodas from 5 plots of land no go like this

wediehere1:
IPOBidients will feel sad as usual again

Bobloco:
The Gbaju e crooner has now been handsomely rewarded for his silence and for not speaking up against the worst regime in the history of this country.

This is someone who spoke against one of the best regimes in the history of this country, the Goodluck Jonathan government. He even went as far as describing the then president, Goodluck Jonathan, to be worst than Nebuchadnezzar. 

naptu2:
“They arrived as promised, armed with copies of the WANTED notice that was now home to my photograph. A charade ensued. Sam accompanied them as they looked through the rooms, one after the other, passed through the living room where I was seated, looked right through me as through a windowpane. Content with the futility of their mission, they sat down with the Aluko family in the same living room. With a straight face, they enquired of Sam Aluko if he had any news of me. Sam shook his head in the negative. Well, be sure to keep us informed if he makes contact – we’ll leave this WANTED notice with you in case you lay eyes on anyone resembling him – again looking straight through me as I sat sipping my coffee”.

FuckOsuPigs:


Don't worry, we will also honour the Chinua Achebe by naming Okija Shrine after him🤣

naptu2:




Interview with Wole Soyinka after he was released from prison.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q764QyvOEdw?si=PL30wcPe82pY6LGG

LordBillionz:

The same Chinua that rejected a national honour.

Say that name Chinua Achebe with respect.

Not him that instead of being a positive force that could have propelled the country forward, worked against a positive leader, Jonathan, to hand it over to those who have dragged the nation to ruins.

All he criticised under Jonathan got worse under the people he endorsed and you think him a man to be respected?

Soyinka a dishonourable man and a hypocrite.

Rest the soul of the great and honourable father of African literature, Chinua Achebe.

MT:


At the bolded, are you sane at all?