TANTUMERGO007:
See this full that was shouting during Jonathan's regime has now finally lost his voice.

Youths should continue from where he stopped? Do you expect him to continue activism at that age?

9gerian:
I saw a tvc interview where Soyinka said he had told Gowon after his release from prison that had places been traded, he (as commander in chief) would have put Gowon (a troublemaker) in jail earlier than Gowon put him (Soyinka) in jail. Pure class!

Soyinka also confirmed that Ojukwu told him in clear terms that he bore no grudge, and had never said anything untoward against Awolowo as he understood that each party had acted in the best interest of their own people.

These 2 clarifications suggests that these gladiators of old were far more mature, and pragmatic than the hot blooded youths of today who are mostly driven by weak sentiments and raw emotions.

I watched the interview too. It was Omatsaye's show on TVC. Soyinka said he had private discussions about the civil war with Gowon and Ojukwu separately, and they all agreed the war was unnecessary and pointless. He said Ojukwu wouldn't have gone to war if he knew better, reason why he never had a grudge with Awolowo who took the decisions he took (pre or during the war) for the interest of his own people

temptnow:
Gowon with the amount of innocent blood you killed, you're going to hell soon

Then, Ojukwu, who facilitated the killings as a result of his greed to corner the Niger Delta oil, is already burning in hellfire.

He was your guest but you held him in solitary confinement. You wanted to break his spirit and destroy his mind.


But Wole Soyinka is an extraordinary mind. He survived unjust incarceration (in solitary confinement) and went on to win the nobel prize for literature.

Today is his 86th birthday I was born in 86 his book the man died is delivering to my house today, this can only be God

TANTUMERGO007:
See this full that was shouting during Jonathan's regime has now finally lost his voice.

a fool that cannot spell fool.



Uncle take it easy before you quench on top woles matter

temptnow:
Gowon with the amount of innocent blood you killed, you're going to hell soon

what if God has forgiven him? We can't see beyond our noses.

laiperi:
I did not know that Wole Soyinka has power to retaliate on Gowon. Even if he has, he is too graceful.

He took too many risks. Especially standing up for Ojukwu. He has since been called a traitor.

His grandkids are calling on him to fight for them now while they are busy with their soother, iPhone.

Soyinka did not standup for Ojukwu and was never a traitor as most Yari.ba peeps regraded him. He was smarter than most loudmouthed Yari.ba who did not understand the war was unnecessary and would leave everlasting wound among Nigerians. It is apparent Nigeria is headed the way of disintegration all thanks to the Nigeria\Biafra war. Even as I write this post, Nigeria is perpetually retrogressive due to the war.

Gowon should please talk on more sensitive issues in the country.

ProfOlu:
Wole Soyinka turns 86 years today, he has been a critics, who always fights for justice, democracy, and rule of law. During the civil war, General Yakubu Gowon arrested and detained him.

Wole Soyinka At 86: “Why I Detained Him During Civil War”- Yakubu Gowon



http://www.thenewsnigeria.com.ng/2020/07/12/soyinka-at-86-why-i-detained-him-during-civil-war-gowon/

Detaining him, could not stop him, rather it gave him more strength.

ProfOlu:
Wole Soyinka turns 86 years today, he has been a critics, who always fights for justice, democracy, and rule of law. During the civil war, General Yakubu Gowon arrested and detained him.

Wole Soyinka At 86: “Why I Detained Him During Civil War”- Yakubu Gowon
http://www.thenewsnigeria.com.ng/2020/07/12/soyinka-at-86-why-i-detained-him-during-civil-war-gowon/

After his release from detention, he now became hardened, he became more of Activist during those military era, even during Abacha regime, he became serious nightmare for Abacha.

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i just imagine should soyinka decides that he wants to take revenge for what he went through in prison now


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What can Soyinka do to Gowon? You too funny

Please somebody should save me from hunger and starvation. May God bless u abundantly. 0025050908. Stanbic ibtc

APCNig:


IF he is a "full", what is your father? Empty? Now, that Soyinka has stopped shouting, why can't you continue from where he stopped or are you dump and deaf?

Dumb/mute

Gowon the Nigeria you brag of fighting for, how far? Could he Gowon even move freely in his own hometown as at this July 2020 without the fear of fulani herdsmen? Idiaat

So 53 years later your demented skull have not yet deciphered that the likes of Ojukwu and Soyinka was right?

Like play like play, this man is heading towards 90. He must have been very careful with his health all these while. Wish him many happy returns.

Heaven and hell will reject you if u don’t confess your sins[/quote]

GOWON was responsible for the WAR .

HE was SELFISH !

I wish this ancient heroes should be preserved in a meseum ..
At least those wit zero regard for anything good will know nothing about them..simple!

TANTUMERGO007:
See this full that was shouting during Jonathan's regime has now finally lost his voice.

So, ill-bred, ill-mannered oloriburuku, you're not aware of the endless insults Buharists now direct at him because of his criticism of Buhari? Where was your own useless father or grandfather while Soyinka was facing the military? Maybe you should go and learn how to spell first, ill-educated scoundrel! "FULL" indeed.

sportFX:


There are abt 3 interviews which ojukwu himself mentioned this, are you saying you know more than Ojukwu regarding who supported him or not?

another yoruba writer stated that in biafra ,africa died.
soyinka is a wiseman,he understood what he was fighting for,he just like herbert marcaulay was fighting for the good of the south but the awolowos and obasanjos decided to fight for politics

BluntTheApostle:


You want to bring tribalism into the selfless service of Wole Soyinka?

Soyinka went because he knew that war wouldn't solve anything. He knew that the Igbos were not ready for war, and that they would suffer severely.

And that was the truth.

And that was exactly what happened. Millions of lives were lost, and still Igbos didn't get Biafra. They didn't even get a national remembrance day for those Biafran soldiers who lost their lives, or those children and women who died from starvation or bullets and bombs.

Soyinka didn't go there thinking of a caliphate or a North vs South tussle mentality.

And mind you, the Igbos were silenced, and nothing changed adversely for the South.

The truth is that the hegemony that the North enjoy till this day is all thanks to the British who started favoring the North right from the beginning. This was further supported by Azikwe and the NCNC who let One Nigeria blind them to reason.

what did i hear you say?
things are now better for the south?
before awolowo helped entrench the caliphate,the southern men were pillars,men who could talk where the northerners dare not open their illiterate mouths,men like anthony enahoro,herbert macaulay,zik,awolowo,ko mbadiwe,
men who rallied african youths to fight for independence when armadu bello and tafawa were busy staging anti independence riots in the north.
the south lost in biafra war,adekunle was dismissed ,obasanjo was a good slave,the north did sharia,he looked the other way,if it were to be odi,he will send soldiers.
cia warned him of boko haram in 2003 but because he need the vote of the north in 2004,he did nothing.
SINCE THE WAR,THE SOUTHERN POLITICAL FORTUNE HAVE BEEN AT THE MERCY OF THE NORTH,MKO,GEJ, AS WOULD SOON HAPPEN TO TINUBU

TANTUMERGO007:
See this full that was shouting during Jonathan's regime has now finally lost his voice.

Full glass of wine?

Olodo boy.

TANTUMERGO007:
See this full that was shouting during Jonathan's regime has now finally lost his voice.

Full glass of wine?

Olodo boy.

TANTUMERGO007:
See this full that was shouting during Jonathan's regime has now finally lost his voice.

Full glass of wine?

Olodo boy.

SaintBeehot:
you know my only problem with you guys?? you lack sense. Zero respect for elders.

Are you saying elders are always right? Everyone deserves to be respected , not just elders..... We have a long way to libration in Nigeria...it's really shameful

engrchykae:
what did i hear you say?
things are now better for the south?
before awolowo helped entrench the caliphate,the southern men were pillars,men who could talk where the northerners dare not open their illiterate mouths,men like anthony enahoro,herbert macaulay,zik,awolowo,ko mbadiwe,
men who rallied african youths to fight for independence when armadu bello and tafawa were busy staging anti independence riots in the north.
the south lost in biafra war,adekunle was dismissed ,obasanjo was a good slave,the north did sharia,he looked the other way,if it were to be odi,he will send soldiers.
cia warned him of boko haram in 2003 but because he need the vote of the north in 2004,he did nothing.
SINCE THE WAR,THE SOUTHERN POLITICAL FORTUNE HAVE BEEN AT THE MERCY OF THE NORTH,MKO,GEJ, AS WOULD SOON HAPPEN TO TINUBU

When did I write that things are now better for the South? Things are generally not better for any of the regions. As a matter of fact, things have merely deteriorated, and it has nothing to do with Biafra. It has more to do with our lack of discipline, and the rise of institutionalized corruption and our rising dependence on oil.

Please, the South did not lose in Biafra. It was the Southeast that lost.

YemyTemmy:


Are you saying elders are always right? Everyone deserves to be respected , not just elders..... We have a long way to libration in Nigeria...it's really shameful

Not Soyinka who has fought for them them(justice) all his life.

temptnow:
Gowon with the amount of innocent blood you killed, you're going to hell soon

Keep quiet..... are u God?

Happy birthday to a legend, Prof Woke Soyinka

TANTUMERGO007:
See this full that was shouting during Jonathan's regime has now finally lost his voice.

The fear of bubu is the beginning of gray hair