Corruption fight will be tough – Soyinka

Nobel Laureate, Professor Wole Soynka, yesterday, expressed confidence in the ongoing war against corruption by the Buhari administration, even as he said “the fight is going to be a hard one.”

Soyinka made the remarks when the Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, paid him a courtesy visit in his office at Freedom Park, Lagos Island.

According to the literary icon, the practice of abandoning the fight against corruption half way, “will not happen this time.”

Soyinka went on: “We have never had a situation where we were faced not just by emergency but critical emergency with our children being kidnapped under our noses and we were helpless, soldiers were being sent to the war front to defend our essence and we were not backing them up.

“The fight against corruption in Nigeria is going to be a hard one. There is no question whatsoever that we are not where we were before this administration entered. But we all have to be very careful and I have used this expression again and again that corruption fights back and the ardent fighters are those who are already within the cesspool of corruption and you can see that in the recent episode which I am not going to talk about, I am going to await a certain letter which I am told to expect and I hope that the letter writer brings it to my Egba hideout and I will educate him.

“Let’s watch the fight against corruption. It is on two levels: one directly against corruption and counter attacks which we are. There is no retreat no matter the libel or libelous garbage from any part of this country.”

He described the alleged dinner expenses spent by the past Rivers State Government, led by Hon. Rotimi Amaechi to honour him on his birthday, as “insulting, disrespectful and highest desperation” for anyone to try to rubbish his image on the pages of newspapers.

Can this washed up intellect stop speaking english and let us know if Amaechi did not infact spend N82 million to host him.

Soyinka is an embarassment for not castigating Amaechi for expensing that amount on a common banquet that IDPs use N8000 to host.

THIEVES!!!

The whole bloody lot of them.

Barawo!''

Soyinka you are not a cult figure but a corrupt figure, cultist

for eating out of this money. Rogues. You will soon tell your god.

Soyinka is using everyone head...The guy wise die..

Typical Yoruba man....he can never declare his stand on any issue..

He has a way of ending up in the good book of every regime.. ..love this man.. .

death2allYoruba:
Soyinka is using everyone head...The guy wise die..

Typical Yoruba man....he can never declare his stand on any issue..

He has a way of ending up in the good book of every regime.. ..love this man.. .

your moniker

why u wan make i die?

Maybe it is pej that is not a dummy

Jengem:



your moniker

why u wan make i die?

I wonder why NL allow such disgusting username.

It's mind bugling the kind of horrible nonsense you see on NL..

Una blood dey hot ooooo.....

Jengem:



your moniker

why u wan make i die?

SORRY NOT YOU I WANT QUOTE

death2allYoruba:
Soyinka is using everyone head...The guy wise die..

Typical Yoruba man....he can never declare his stand on any issue..

He has a way of ending up in the good book of every regime.. ..love this man.. .

SEUN PLEASE AND PLEASE DONT LET THIS USELESS UNTRAINING BEAST SEE THE LIGHT OF DAY ON NAIRALAND.

death2allYoruba:
...

What kind of username is this?

Honestly, you need to check yourself.

johnmartus:
SEUN PLEASE AND PLEASE DONT LET THIS USELESS UNTRAINING BEAST SEE THE LIGHT OF DAY ON NAIRALAND.

Please ban him ohh.. .Use Rule 2..

Rossikk:


What kind of username is this?

Honestly, you need to check yourself.

Hypocrisy is when you did not say anything to death2alligbos Moniker and you are ranting allover for things that are beyond your power.. .

death2allYoruba:
Soyinka is using everyone head...The guy wise die..

Typical Yoruba man....he can never declare his stand on any issue..

He has a way of ending up in the good book of every regime.. ..love this man.. .

Can the person in charge give this person a lengthy ban for this moniker.
Seun lalasticlala
@Topic: Op,why would you castigate Soyinka if someone organized a party in his honor instead of blaming the person that organized it?
Did you expect Soyinka to start asking questions as to the amount involved in the party in his honor before he attends such?
Do the maths yourself.

Karanka:

Can the person in charge give this person a lengthy ban for this moniker.
Seun lalasticlala
@Topic: Op,why would you castigate Soyinka if someone organized a party in his honor instead of blaming the person that organized it?
Did you expect Soyinka to start asking questions as to the amount involved in the party in his honor before he attends such?
Do the maths yourself.

Just like you pretended not to see the other moniker that reads other wise of Igbos.. .
Stop wasting your time it's allowed.. .

Advise: just creat something of such against anyone you wish so you could sleep well tonight.

I am happy to know how much you are pained with this.

death2allYoruba:


Just like you pretended not to see the other moniker that reads other wise of Igbos.. .
Stop wasting your time it's allowed.. .

Advise: just creat something of such against anyone you wish so you could sleep well tonight.

I am happy now much you are pained with this.

No matter your grievance,I don't think it warrants a moniker such as yours.
You wish all Yorubas dead,not minding if any of your relations happens to marry a Yoruba...
That's wrong. Search yourself and advice yourself.

Rossikk:
What kind of username is this?

Honestly, you need to check yourself.

Dont tell me you're oblivious of the fact that his username is a direct response to another username called Death2AllIgbos... The said moniker has been on this forum denigrating and wishing evil on the entire Igbo race. Don't tell me you've not noticed him

Karanka:

No matter your grievance,I don't think it warrants a moniker such as yours.
You wish all Yorubas dead,not minding if any of your relations happens to marry a Yoruba...
That's wrong. Search yourself and advice yourself.

Thanks for the advise but no thanks cos I really mean it, since them too are unapologetic....someone need to stand up to you guys.

A Yoruba person did it first.. ..why do think is that?

Soyinka has seriously credibility issues right now: http://www.naijiant.com/articles/amaechi-alleged-to-have-spent-82m-on-a-dinner-for-soyinka/