Nobel Laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka, has described the presidential and National Assembly elections as the most vicious, unprincipled, vulgar and violent he had ever witnessed.

In an interview with The Guardian UK on Sunday, he was quoted as saying,


“We’re talking about a very positive response by the public in terms of determination to register and vote but, you know, this has been one of the most vicious, unprincipled, vulgar and violent exercises I have ever witnessed.I just hope we won’t go down as being the incorrigible giant of Africa.

“This one was like a no-holds-barred kind of election, especially, frankly, from the incumbency side. One shouldn’t be too surprised anyway given the kind of people who are manning the barricades for the incumbent candidate.

“Most expensive, most prodigal, wasteful, senseless, I mean really insensitive in terms of what people live on in this country.

“This was the real naira-dollar extravaganza, spent on just subverting, shall we say, the natural choices of people. Just money instead of argument, instead of position statements.

“And of course the sponsoring of violence in various places, in addition to this festive atmosphere in which every corner, every pillar, every electric pole is adorned with one candidate or the other, many of them in poses which remind one of Nollywood.”

Soyinka, who told The Guardian how he was recently invited by President Goodluck Jonathan to discuss various issues, said

, “We even discussed life after power, whenever that takes place.

“It was difficult for me to decide from his side how readily he might accept defeat. He absolutely swore that if he lost he was going back to Otuoke village. If I take him literally, I think he will accept the result, but I’ve learned never to trust any politician from here to there, even if they’re just coming out of communion. So I really don’t know.
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well said - it made a lot of politicians lose their cool and gave themselves away to terrible speeches and uncensored words..........
We got involved too and didn't spare ourselves too

I hope we fix this up after the real result

This is getting interesting.

Very true !!


We cant wait to see Abians massively voting for LP (comrade Emeka Oti Mba) while expectedly rejecting the money-for-vote capitalist ccalled Alex Oti. PDP is dead in Abia for now.
Abians are gonna be the wisest voters come April 11th

Baba calm down and be transformed....Leave spoken grammar okay?!!

GEJ till BuBu turns suya vendor

oga soyin na true talk!

No election since I became wise as a man has gulped more money than this one. Why should they be spending money recklessly without considering the harm they are causing the nation? Governance in Nigeria has stooped so low as a result of the charlatans manning or holding various posts in both federal and state levels. The South-South had their chance to fix this country, and they allowed a Jonathan and a Patience to mess things up.

Sorry good ol' professor...the world has moved on since ur days

I would have respected you more if you had talked about the electoral process without being biassed.

How many Nigerians was disenfranchised?

Was the elections, credible?

These are areas you would have commented on ..

..Prof!

but I’ve learned never to trust any
politician from here to there, even if they’re
just coming out of communion. So I really
don’t know.

Soyinka is also a comedian...
Just that he hasn't realized it yet.

I no understand ds man self
na who he de support?