Nobel laureate Wole Soyinka has
warned that Nigeria might be headed for a shipwreck as top officials of the All Progressives Congress (APC) visited former President Olusegun Obasanjo
to court his support.

In a statement titled “SHIPWRECK
AHEAD!” Mr. Soyinka warned that
Nigeria would need urgent rescue
operations if the APC wants to invite people like Mr. Obasanjo to serve as a navigator for the ship of state.

Part of Mr. Soyinka’s short statement read: “An APC-led group, we understand, has been paying courtesy visits to former Heads of States. ”Then he asked: “Would it be correct to state that their purpose is captured in the following Mission Statement? ‘Tinubu added that the APC had resolved to rescue Nigeria, appealing to Obasanjo to lead the mission. We’re resolved and determined to rescue Nigeria. We
want you as navigator,’ he said.”

Mr. Soyinka, who is one of the
strongest critics of former President Obasanjo, then added: “If this attribution is correct, may I urge you, as an urgent public service, to advise families to begin the stockpiling of life- belts for the guaranteed crash. Don't forget to alert the coastguards—ECOWAS (Economic Community of West
African States), AU (African Union),
UNO (United Nations Organization) etc etc—to be on the alert for possible salvage operations.

Nigeria’s foremost living writer then wondered, “If General Sani Abacha were alive today, would he also have been on the ship's complement? As Captain perhaps?”

Mr. Obasanjo recently wrote a public letter criticizing President Goodluck Jonathan of deception and dishonesty, adding that the incumbent president was reneging on a commitment not to seek a third term in office. The former president’s Boston, Massachusetts-based first daughter, Iyabo Obasanjo, then wrote her own public letter to him, accusing her father of being a liar, hypocrite, megalomaniac and narcissist.

nitlad: This is food for thought for the simple minded slugs jumping up and down over the unholy marriage of these strange bed-fellows - the whoring APC, and the washed up geriatrics.

Tolexander: seems the problem with the APC is that they are envying the position of the PDP and are doing everything/anything to take the position which isn't good for our democracy.

Afam4eva:
That has exactly being my point. Wrestling power should not be the sole vision of an opposition group. Rather, it should be about creating a viable alternative but i don't see how APC is going to achieve that when they're courting people that have contributed to the appalling state that the country is today.

Prof Corruption: Soyinka has a good point. The line between APC and PDP is becoming increasingly blurred. If the trend is not checked, it ll just look like Tinubu and Buhari have decamped to PDP. APC has enough governors to fight PDP already. They should concentrate on "bonding" and grassroot mobilization.

Afam4eva: it's known fact that Soyinka hates OBJ with a passion and i'm with him on this. My only problem is that he never commented on the other characters that APC has been courting for some time now.

Prof Corruption: Soyinka has a good point. The line between APC and PDP is becoming increasingly blurred. If the trend is not checked, it ll just look like Tinubu and Buhari have decamped to PDP. APC has enough governors to fight PDP already. They should concentrate on "bonding" and grassroot mobilization.

reporter?:


It may seem so on the surface. However, what a APC is trying to do is build a coalition in a shortest time frame possible. Don't forget election is but a few months ahead. Whatever they need to build, they need it to do it now. Grassroot mobilization takes years of planning which APC does not have.

kettykin: @[b]soyinka what really is a ship wreck is it [/b]a coup information being broadcasted in a coded manner or is a ship wreck the grounding of the nigerian ship, how will tinubu and obasanjo bring nigeria to its knees, how can ogun and lagos ground nigeria or even the SW ground nigeria