My attention has just been drawn to the article written by our revered Professor Wole Soyinka under the title: The Challenge of Change-A Burden of Choice in which he seemingly made a cautious endorsement of General Buhari.
My concern with the article is the part that reads thus “When I read the statement attributed to a scion of a political family that his father was “not jailed” but was merely “invited for interrogation as required by military tradition and policies then”, I felt deeply offended, but mostly saddened. For this adjustment of reality provided evidence of yet another lesson unlearnt.”

I want to assure the Professor that this was neither my answer nor my response to a simple question of whether or not my father forgave General Buhari before he died. But these must have been the words of some mischievous journalists who decided to embellish my answer with their own words as several papers went to town with different versions of what I said.

I just never took them to task on what they wrote because I have since found out that our newspapers are generally in the habit of making a sensation out of every news item and usually end up distorting the news. There is no doubt that being the public figure that you are; you must have experienced such misrepresentations by newspapers as you grant interviews from time to time. It is for this reason that I always shy away from giving interviews, but whenever I do, I generally ask where possible to preview the interview before publication so as to avoid any acts of omission or commission. This particular case was even a phone interview.

I had thought that what happened to my father during General Buhari’s administration was enough of public knowledge that the possibility of distortion/concoction was highly remote, but sadly, I was obviously mistaken.
I would not blame the Professor for feeling the way he did, I would equally feel as ‘offended and mostly saddened’ and I actually was, when I learnt of what some papers wrote to embellish what I said, and as a matter of fact, I never saw or read the particular newspaper from where the Professor culled his extract.

How on earth could I have said that my father was not thrown into jail when I was saddled with routinely visiting him at Agodi Prisons after the arduous and rather demeaning task of taking permission from the military authorities each time I had to visit him? What I told the newspapers was that my father was not jailed – that is, convicted by the court.
I even went on to explain that, as was customary in all military coups, important political leaders are generally detained and that his case was no exception. But that what was strange and annoying was the fact that after my father was tried twice by the military tribunals and was found innocent on both occasions the military refused to release him. I went further to say that my father was not released until General Babangida took over government after he overthrew General Buhari.

In the said interview, I mentioned that I had in a previous interview accused the military of having a hand in hastening the death of my father but that the person responsible for that was the late Onyearugbulem who came to harass my dad in his house.
However, the main item I wanted the newspapers to take away was the fact that my father forgave them before he passed on and that, as a Christian family, my siblings and I have since forgiven the military junta. I also mentioned that I had met General Buhari some years ago in Kaduna at a public function where I expressly stated that he had been forgiven.
People who know me would testify that I am an easy going, peace-loving and a person of integrity (not to be immodest). I have never had any reason to lie about anything and in this particular instance, there was absolutely no reason to do so, even if I wanted to. As a Christian, I find it very burdensome to dwell on past injustices as I always take consolation in the Bible passage that vengeance is the Lord’s.
All I need is a sincere apology from anyone who offends me no matter how grievous a sin he has committed. I forgive easily, although wisdom demands that I remain circumspect in case of future reoccurrence. I live by a philosophy that what cannot be undone has to be forgiven and forgotten particularly when the doer is remorseful.

http://www.naij.com/384533-ajasin-reveals-the-media-lied-over-his-statements.html

Thanks for the clarification.
Don't mind all those propagandist media, so everyone should know this... Buhari JAILED ADEKUNLE AJASIN UNLAWFULLY. It's good you've forgiven him(...even though he didn't ask for it).
Let them keep laundering his image...

Like jagaban don give dis guys some weed!

Too long story.
Summary pls

Pd pigs are enemies of progress . Character assassination and all manner of evil run in their system

Buhari the tyrant

eleko1:
Pd pigs are enemies of progress . Character assassination and all manner of evil run in their system

I bet you didn't even read it but just went straight to commenting..

Wow! Nigerians...

Ok

Wole Soyinka: the rambling confusionists

francizy:


I bet you didn't even read it but just went straight to commenting..

Wow! Nigerians...

That is one of the few semi illiterate supporters of the APC posting here on nairaland. On the streets, they are majorly drawn from the ignorant populace.

This is the Plebian movement that Buhari and APC have turned to their zombie mob.

eleko1:
Pd pigs are enemies of progress . Character assassination and all manner of evil run in their system

Godfullsam:
Too long story.
Summary pls

Plebs.

Godfullsam:
Too long story.
Summary pls

Typical nigerian....very lazy to read....

he say make journalist nor dey talk wetin him nor talk,say na God send IBB take power from Buhari hand if not dem for kill him papa wey dem jail unlawfully..say na 2 times he papa jump the trap wey Buhari set for him. he say he still don forgive bokohar because him na better christian like GEJ. say make wole soyinka respect himself oooo even for old age he nor know wetin good for the country.

he say make all right thinking people know say buhari na evil person wey nor get regard for the rule of law say the only person wey fit to rule this country na only Goodluck Jonathan

.

Only d evil,corrupt,thieves see him as tyrant/tyranny.I prefer him than d CLUELESS one who told us dat STEALING/CORRUPTION IS GOOD.If U dnt have skeleton in ur cupboard,u wont FEAR.STEAL nd go to KIRIKIRI no tiime(quote author=francizy post=30692817]Buhari the tyrant[/quote]

okwylnaz:
My attention has just been drawn to the article written by our revered Professor Wole Soyinka under the title: The Challenge of Change-A Burden of Choice in which he seemingly made a cautious endorsement of General Buhari.
My concern with the article is the part that reads thus “When I read the statement attributed to a scion of a political family that his father was “not jailed” but was merely “invited for interrogation as required by military tradition and policies then”, I felt deeply offended, but mostly saddened. For this adjustment of reality provided evidence of yet another lesson unlearnt.”

I want to assure the Professor that this was neither my answer nor my response to a simple question of whether or not my father forgave General Buhari before he died. But these must have been the words of some mischievous journalists who decided to embellish my answer with their own words as several papers went to town with different versions of what I said.

I just never took them to task on what they wrote because I have since found out that our newspapers are generally in the habit of making a sensation out of every news item and usually end up distorting the news. There is no doubt that being the public figure that you are; you must have experienced such misrepresentations by newspapers as you grant interviews from time to time. It is for this reason that I always shy away from giving interviews, but whenever I do, I generally ask where possible to preview the interview before publication so as to avoid any acts of omission or commission. This particular case was even a phone interview.

I had thought that what happened to my father during General Buhari’s administration was enough of public knowledge that the possibility of distortion/concoction was highly remote, but sadly, I was obviously mistaken.
I would not blame the Professor for feeling the way he did, I would equally feel as ‘offended and mostly saddened’ and I actually was, when I learnt of what some papers wrote to embellish what I said, and as a matter of fact, I never saw or read the particular newspaper from where the Professor culled his extract.

How on earth could I have said that my father was not thrown into jail when I was saddled with routinely visiting him at Agodi Prisons after the arduous and rather demeaning task of taking permission from the military authorities each time I had to visit him? What I told the newspapers was that my father was not jailed – that is, convicted by the court.
I even went on to explain that, as was customary in all military coups, important political leaders are generally detained and that his case was no exception. But that what was strange and annoying was the fact that after my father was tried twice by the military tribunals and was found innocent on both occasions the military refused to release him. I went further to say that my father was not released until General Babangida took over government after he overthrew General Buhari.

In the said interview, I mentioned that I had in a previous interview accused the military of having a hand in hastening the death of my father but that the person responsible for that was the late Onyearugbulem who came to harass my dad in his house.
However, the main item I wanted the newspapers to take away was the fact that my father forgave them before he passed on and that, as a Christian family, my siblings and I have since forgiven the military junta. I also mentioned that I had met General Buhari some years ago in Kaduna at a public function where I expressly stated that he had been forgiven.
People who know me would testify that I am an easy going, peace-loving and a person of integrity (not to be immodest). I have never had any reason to lie about anything and in this particular instance, there was absolutely no reason to do so, even if I wanted to. As a Christian, I find it very burdensome to dwell on past injustices as I always take consolation in the Bible passage that vengeance is the Lord’s.
All I need is a sincere apology from anyone who offends me no matter how grievous a sin he has committed. I forgive easily, although wisdom demands that I remain circumspect in case of future reoccurrence. I live by a philosophy that what cannot be undone has to be forgiven and forgotten particularly when the doer is remorseful.

http://www.naij.com/384533-ajasin-reveals-the-media-lied-over-his-statements.html

Mr ma shut! You faaather is criminal! Idiottt!

Mumu

RevDesmondJuju:




Plebs.

eleko1:
Only d evil,corrupt,thieves see him as tyrant/tyranny.I prefer him than d CLUELESS one who told us dat STEALING/CORRUPTION IS GOOD.If U dnt have skeleton in ur cupboard,u wont FEAR.STEAL nd go to KIRIKIRI no tiime(quote author=francizy post=30692817]Buhari the tyrant

LoL.. It baffles me how you people stoop so low to curse and insult people for talking about your candidate but when I insult GEJ now, you throw me 100 likes..

I have never stolen before and will never steal. I know Buhari is not the saint he presents himself as else $2.8Billion dollars won't have gone missing when he was petroleum minister. He is not a saint, else he would have prosecuted both the corrupt Hausa and Fulani corrupt politicians when he was head of state. All he did was to lock up Southerners, both the ones found guilty and the ones that were tried several times without them been found guilty. Buhari is not a saint, else several thousand people wouldn't have lost their jobs immediately he finished his coup and became head of state. Buhari is not a saint, else he wouldn't have frustrated projects like Lagos Metro line and abandoned Ajaokuta steel, Buhari isn't a saint, else he wouldn't have promised in recent times to pardon past leaders.

By the way, if I may ask, when GEJ looses election, what will he become, will he not be a past leader? With Buhari's statement, it means he will pardon GEJ.. As for me, if you are coming in as a saint, your hands should be as white as snow. I wouldn't want him to spare anybody by the way.

Prosecute all past crooks if you wanna truly fight corruption, including but not limited to: OBJ, Atiku, IBB, GEJ, Tinubu, etc...

thaoriginator:
Mr ma shut! You faaather is criminal! Idiottt!

You are actually walking in the footsteps of your mentor GMB... Kontinuuuu!

Look at the useless source of that article. Only a primary 1 student and the pd pigs supporter would believe it. Nonsense.

Bia! Where did I mention dat u steal/stole b4?

francizy:


LoL.. It baffles me how you people stoop so low to curse and insult people for talking about your candidate but when I insult GEJ now, you throw me 100 likes..

I have never stolen before and will never steal. I know Buhari is not the saint he presents himself as else $2.8Billion dollars won't have gone missing when he was petroleum minister. He is not a saint, else he would have prosecuted both the corrupt Hausa and Fulani corrupt politicians when he was head of state. All he did was to lock up Southerners, both the ones found guilty and the ones that were tried several times without them been found guilty. Buhari is not a saint, else several thousand people wouldn't have lost their jobs immediately he finished his coup and became head of state. Buhari is not a saint, else he wouldn't have frustrated projects like Lagos Metro line and abandoned Ajaokuta steel, Buhari isn't a saint, else he wouldn't have promised in recent times to pardon past leaders.

By the way, if I may ask, when GEJ looses election, what will he become, will he not be a past leader? With Buhari's statement, it means he will pardon GEJ.. As for me, if you are coming in as a saint, your hands should be as white as snow. I wouldn't want him to spare anybody by the way.

Prosecute all past crooks if you wanna truly fight corruption, including but not limited to: OBJ, Atiku, IBB, GEJ, Tinubu, etc...

dustmalik:
Look at the useless source of that article. Only a primary 1 student and the pd pigs supporter would believe it. Nonsense.

At least it is not coming from Sanusi's pile ridden anus which you all sourced as refrence over "our" $20bilion dollars.

eleko1:
Bia! Where did I mention dat u steal/stole b4?

Ogbeni search for your answer in your past post. It's boldly placed there..

thaoriginator:
Mr ma shut! You faaather is criminal! Idiottt!

are you well at all? must you behave like your master buhari?

I write only the evil doers/if u aren't a thief.So how does dis concern U?

francizy:


Ogbeni search for your answer in your past post. It's boldly placed there..

'IF' and 'only'

eleko1:
I write only the evil doers/if u aren't a thief.So how does dis concern U? 'IF' and 'only'

I called him a tyrant and you said only crooks will see him as a tyrant. Not bragging or anything, I'm a broke dude at the moment cuz I'm still hunting for job but I can swear with my life that no amount of money can move me if that money doesn't belong to me...

You quoting me makes it concern me. You quoted me and indirectly labelled me a thief for acting based on my findings about GMB both on Wikipedia and other reliable sources..

You indirectly called me a thief with your post, I'd have insulted you if I were a regular nairalander but I do my things differently.. Not everyone buys into the corrupt entity called Nigeria.

Peace..

I think U'll do well to ask any good grammarian/thise who'll explain what I mean to U better,not saying u aren't educated but u missed it(I never call U a thief.let me ask u dis.if somebody call U Paul when ur name is Tolu,will u answer?). 2,insult me nah diff ball game,I like it when somebody is acting up.

francizy:


I called him a tyrant and you said only crooks will see him as a tyrant. Not bragging or anything, I'm a broke dude at the moment cuz I'm still hunting for job but I can swear with my life that no amount of money can move me if that money doesn't belong to me...

You quoting me makes it concern me. You quoted me and indirectly labelled me a thief for acting based on my findings about GMB both on Wikipedia and other reliable sources..

You indirectly called me a thief with your post, I'd have insulted you if I were a regular nairalander but I do my things differently.. Not everyone buys into the corrupt entity called Nigeria.

Peace..

I'll gladly welcome Ur insult Wish U all d best of luck in Ur job search/pray favour smile on u soon.U can start a mini biz if u have small capital.Neva give UP. I still WELCOME UR INSULT

devil is a liar
buhari is a liar
tinubu is a liar
apc is a liar
. ' .
buhari is a devil

eleko1:
I think U'll do well to ask any good grammarian/thise who'll explain what I mean to U better,not saying u aren't educated but u missed it(I never call U a thief.let me ask u dis.if somebody call U Paul when ur name is Tolu,will u answer?). 2,insult me nah diff ball game,I like it when somebody is acting up.I'll gladly welcome Ur insult Wish U all d best of luck in Ur job search/pray favour smile on u soon.U can start a mini biz if u have small capital.Neva give UP. I still WELCOME UR INSULT

LoL.. Thanks for the advice and wishes. Believe me, if I had kill capital and I have a small biz in mind, I would have started. I could also sell songs I wrote but I believe I will make more if I'm involved in it so I will wait till I have what it takes to do it or employ someone to make the songs while we agree at a price. There are many businesses tho but capital is a prob..

PS: I don't insult people...

tit:
devil is a liar
buhari is a liar
tinubu is a liar
apc is a liar
. ' .
buhari is a devil

Nice and lovely moniker ma'am.. tit...

ifihearam:


Typical nigerian....very lazy to read....

he say make journalist nor dey talk wetin him nor talk,say na God send IBB take power from Buhari hand if not dem for kill him papa wey dem jail unlawfully..say na 2 times he papa jump the trap wey Buhari set for him. he say he still don forgive bokohar because him na better christian like GEJ. say make wole soyinka respect himself oooo even for old age he nor know wetin good for the country.

he say make all right thinking people know say buhari na evil person wey nor get regard for the rule of law say the only person wey fit to rule this country na only Goodluck Jonathan

You sabi narrate tori well well but you add jara sha

BUHARI IS A DEVIL IN DEVIL PARTY.

David was established in Egypt,the same God is still on the throne,He'll do urs for U.Favour will smile on U soon. What are U waiting for?.U may wish to write D1,Don J,omo baba olowo(I dnt listen to their Music/knw their name,I belong to old sch)/any reputable music promoter not those thieves/scammer oooo.I can see U have a colourful destiny,go on and hit the ground running

francizy:


LoL.. Thanks for the advice and wishes. Believe me, if I had kill capital and I have a small biz in mind, I would have started. I could also sell songs I wrote but I believe I will make more if I'm involved in it so I will wait till I have what it takes to do it or employ someone to make the songs while we agree at a price. There are many businesses tho but capital is a prob..

PS: I don't insult people...