Professor Soyinka Lauded The Creation Of Operation Amotekun

Nobel Laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka, on Monday lauded the creation of the regional security outfit of the Southwestern States with the code-named ‘Operation Amotekun.

Soyinka, while describing the security outfit inaugurated last week as “a desirable New Year gift,” said he had earlier given up on the political leadership of the region until the launch of the security outfit.

The respected playwright spoke on Monday in Lagos at the “Never Again Conference” organised by the Nzuko Umunna and Ndigbo, to mark the 50 years after the Nigerian civil war.

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Soyinka said: “To thank a number of public-spirited, humanity-considering governors in this nation, who finally responded to the demand and yearnings of the citizens and produced one organization called Amotekun.

“It’s one of the most unexpected because I had given up on them; it is an unexpected but at the same time a desirable New Year Present.”