Nobel laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka, has criticised the Assistant Inspector-General of Police, Zone 2, Joseph Mbu, for urging the police to kill 20 civilians for a policeman that is killed before, during and after the general elections.
Mbu, on Thursday in Abeokuta, Ogun State, had also ordered his men during his official visit to the Eleweran Command headquarters, to arrest even the governor of the state if they find him to be violating the law on election day.
“If one of my men is killed, I shall kill twenty of them but don’t shoot first. If they shoot you, shoot back in self-defence. Anybody who fires you, fire him back in self-defence. Our actions and activities will go a long way to decide this election, so, I have come to tell you that we must remain impartial in ensuring free, fair, peaceful and violent-free polls.
“As far as the law is concerned, we are not going to respect anybody and whoever is coming to the booth should vote and leave peacefully. Anyone who comes there to campaign, even if it is the chief executive of the state, a constable at that polling booth would stop him,” Mbu said.
In a letter made available to our correspondent on Saturday, Soyinka described Mbu as a “political jobber” ready to be used by the Peoples Democratic Party-led Federal Government.
“Goliath Mbu is the latest kid in town, fresh from his triumph in ‘taming’ governors all over the nation, and reveling in his new elevation for jobs well done. A political jobber by instinct though a clamberer through the police profession, he has wasted no time instructing his men to return violence for violence, fire for fire.
“He has been displaying his new attire and pips all over the place, demanding to be noticed – as if his facial snarl is not already plastered over the pages of media annals of police infamy, reminiscent of the good old days of one Inspector-General (Sunday) Adewusi, who would appear on television dripping with gas-canisters and grenades, with a detachment of Kill-and-Go,” the Nobel laureate stated.
According to Soyinka, Mbu’s actions and words are similar to that of Adewusi.
He said, “Is history about to repeat itself in microcosm? Adewusi was sacked by the Buhari coup and vanished from the police political rostrum.”
Soyinka also expressed his regrets and anger over the failure of governments to punish persons like Adewusi for his impunity rather he said, those who have acted with impunity were usually accorded state recognition.
“This warped apportionment of deserving it must be that drives such officials to treasonable conduct under democracies. If the trend changes and even the police are made to account for abuses of office, abuses of the collective rights of citizens, then perhaps we might see the end of arrogant partisanship in the performance of police duties,” he added.
In a related development, the All Progressives Congress in a statement issued on Saturday, described Mbu as a “lawless and barbaric” policeman who should urgently be called to order by the police authorities.
“Since his posting to the Zone 2 Command, this contumacious policeman has exhibited an egregious act of lawlessness by barging through the Lekki Toll Plaza without paying toll and then ordering the arrest of policemen and workers at the Plaza. Is it not an irony that a man who is trained to enforce the law is the same who is breaking the law?” Said the APC publicity secretary, Mr. Lai Mohammed.

Source: http://www.punchng.com/news/soyinka-flays-mbu-over-comment/

This man talks on virtually everything.

ascaris:
This man talks on virtually everything.

What do you mean by he talks on everything ? Isn't he correct ? How can mbu come and threaten us with death if one policeman is killed ? Mbu himself is a thug. Let him enjoy his post while it lasts.

I don't know if this thread will get to front page,but I'm taking this space to
RANT and express my displeasure over all the nonsense threads that have been making front page for the past 24hrs when my own career thread www.nairaland.com/2147555/thread-professional-trained-insurance-brokers is in need of urgent help and neither seun nor his mods are ready to help. Enough of cleavage this,cleavage that threads, psquare and don jazzi this and that. Pre valentine,during valentine and after valentine this and that. I think NL deserves reasonable topics on homepage
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"Goliath Mbu" the new kid in town!
May he not end up like Sunday Adewusi, Amen!

shakol91:
I don't know if this thread will get to front page,but I'm taking this space to
RANT and express my displeasure over all the nonsense threads that have been making front page for the past 24hrs when my own career thread www.nairaland.com/2147555/thread-professional-trained-insurance-brokers is in need of urgent help and neither seun nor his mods are ready to help. Enough of cleavage this,cleavage that threads, psquare and don jazzi this and that. Pre valentine,during valentine and after valentine this and that. I think NL deserves reasonable topics on homepage
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Calm down na.. Express your grievance directly to the mods..you can mail them. I understand ur pain sha.

chief,professor,native doctor wole soyinka always confused hope u are making plans to swap to APGA wen buhari fails, cos we d PDP's dnt need ashawo politician.

saaedlee:
"Goliath Mbu" the new kid in town!
May he not end up like Sunday Adewusi, Amen!

Let him continue to form superman.

That mbu no get sense at all.

Let them try it sha. I trust lagos people.

UrennaNkoli:

What do you mean by he talks on everything ? Isn't he correct ? How can mbu come and threaten us with death if one policeman is killed ? Mbu himself is a thug. Let him enjoy his post while it lasts.

This is my point.

UrennaNkoli:

What do you mean by he talks on everything ? Isn't he correct ? How can mbu come and threaten us with death if one policeman is killed ? Mbu himself is a thug. Let him enjoy his post while it lasts.

are u one of those who were commissioned to kill the police A clear mind fears no threats and accussatioons
By the way...I wont take a man who can not keep a woman yet calls another man's wife shepopotamus

sammieguze:
That mbu no get sense at all.

Let them try it sha. I trust lagos people.

empty threats from the slaves of arabic slaves a typical lagosian will first of all remove his shirt then trouser...opens his big mouth and starts ranting...taking a boxers pose....runs around shouting kilo shele...ahhhh....ahhhh...emi? Picks up a log of wood and attacks condemned cars by the road and later scampers away... abi no be yorubas again

Mbu shud b posted to yobe or maiduguri let him go nd shw his madnesss. Dia

Let him do as he like soonest when his Otuoke boss tenure expire he will be charge for his act in Rivers State.

kestolove95:
Mbu shud b posted to yobe or maiduguri let him go nd shw his madnesss. Dia

anothee pvc cloner

Wole Soyinka the APC spokes person, Amaechi defender and Buhari confidante.


Mbu is doing his job. Political Thugs and Militants have been warned against cop killing or 20 shall fall that day.


All their man, shall fall dat day.

Ow I wish GEJ wuld mk MBU Efcc chairman, dat man has got ballz..

Most of dis pple angry wiv Mbu ve dey got planz to kill d police.
Well nah as I come lagos I kno say yoruba man fit use rant rob barrack.....

Make I just sit down carry stool dey watch. Fidgeting my leg and shaking my head for Mbu.

i know soyinka is a cultist,
but does he support killing police and soldiers?

UrennaNkoli:

What do you mean by he talks on everything ? Isn't he correct ? How can mbu come and threaten us with death if one policeman is killed ? Mbu himself is a thug. Let him enjoy his post while it lasts.

why youself wan kill police man? If you don't have any hidden agender,i see no reason why you should be bothered,cos he said don't shoot first,shoot them in self defence.. Now,why will a reasonable person shoot a police officer that is trying to maintain law and order in a community?

sammieguze:
That mbu no get sense at all.

Let them try it sha. I trust lagos people.

lol...wetin dem wan do? When he arrest that LCC staff and remove the security men there what did lagosian do? Abeg no dey form rambo for here jare... BTW i'm also a lagosian. Anybody wey do anyhow go see anyhow,una go only shout ni...

“He has been displaying his new attire and pips
all over the place, demanding to be noticed – as
if his facial snarl is not already plastered over
the pages of media annals of police infamy,
reminiscent of the good old days of one
Inspector-General (Sunday) Adewusi, who would
appear on television dripping with gas-canisters
and grenades, with a detachment of Kill-and-Go.”

Vintage Soyinka!!

menix:
Ow I wish GEJ wuld mk MBU Efcc chairman, dat man has got ballz..

Most of dis pple angry wiv Mbu ve dey got planz to kill d police.
Well nah as I come lagos I kno say yoruba man fit use rant rob barrack.....

I think his bravery is needed most in Sambisa forest. He should be made to head a team of selected mopol that will join JTF to fight those BH fighters in the NE.

Mbu will certainly be demoted once GEJ is kicked out.

Buhari knows a lot about jailing people so I won't be suprised if some tanoids are hunted down and jailed too.

elbinmanny:
empty threats from the slaves of arabic slaves a typical lagosian will first of all remove his shirt then trouser...opens his big mouth and starts ranting...taking a boxers pose....runs around shouting kilo shele...ahhhh....ahhhh...emi? Picks up a log of wood and attacks condemned cars by the road and later scampers away... abi no be yorubas again

says a cowardly flat head that the hero of their entire tribe ran cowardly with his tail between his legs in a woman's bra pant and dress to ivory coast. Suegbe. Tell gej that mbu too small. u think Yorubas are foolish like u people that ur leaders play u around like ball.

saaedlee:
"Goliath Mbu" the new kid in town!
May he not end up like Sunday Adewusi, Amen!

Unfortunately ppl like him end up that way & the funniest thing is that those he is working for now may turn against him tomorrow.

ok

PDP must be dislodged from the center for there to be any traces of sanity within our armed forces.

As it is, we do not have a C-in-C but a comedian in Chief in the person of Mr. JonaTAN, the Clueless One.

elbinmanny:
empty threats from the slaves of arabic slaves a typical lagosian will first of all remove his shirt then trouser...opens his big mouth and starts ranting...taking a boxers pose....runs around shouting kilo shele...ahhhh....ahhhh...emi? Picks up a log of wood and attacks condemned cars by the road and later scampers away... abi no be yorubas again

You have no sense sir. And an Igbo man would face the barrel of a gun and die like a fowl abi?

Freelancer00:
You have no sense sir. And an Igbo man would face the barrel of a gun and die like a fowl abi?

use your head.. im neither ibo, yoruba or hausa