Nobel Laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka, says the manner with which affairs of the country are being overseen should be a source of worry for every Nigerian of good conscience.
Speaking when he featured on Arise TV programme on Sunday, Soyinka said there’s something fundamentally wrong with the leadership of the country.
He, once again, reiterated his previous stance that President Muhammadu Buhari is not in charge of the country, wondering why any president will fold his arms and allow the security challenges bedeviling the nation degenerate to the level it is.
Soyinka, whose compound was invaded by Fulani herdsmen this week, said he doesn’t think Buhari has an inkling as to how dire the situation in the country is and the kind of danger it portends if nothing is done to pull the country from the precipice.
He said “Buhari does not appreciate the situation, he doesn’t understand, I see no evidence that he understands how grave the situation is.
“I have said it again and again. I don’t believe he is in charge because it is not possible in my view for a head of state, a commander-in-chief of the armed forces to say he is presiding over a nation and things get to this level.
“Something is critically wrong within the leadership of this nation and that is where we civilians must come in, we must pick up the slack for our own situation, for our own salvation.
Soyinka said the invasion of his property was an indication of what average Nigerians go through in the hands of the herdsmen, adding that the citizens can’t watch on helplessly in anticipation of an elusive federal government aid.
“What happened to me in this incident is typical of what happens to millions in this country and we cannot just sit still and say we are relying on central help when obviously it is not coming.”
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