Nobel laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka, said President Jonathan does not deserve a re-election by Nigerians. He said he had 60 reasons why Jonathan should not be re-elected come February 14.

Though, he did not enlist the 60 reasons, he hammered on the April 14 abduction of over 200 schoolgirls by Boko Haram insurgents from their hostel in Chibok, Borno State.

Speaking at a gathering of youths at a programme titled ‘Vision of the Child’ in Lagos on Thursday, Soyinka said “I will not vote and I will not encourage anyone to vote for the continuation of this government, simply because your colleagues numbering over 200 were kidnapped.”

He said it was, therefore, outrageous for anyone to say he was supporting the re-election of Jonathan. “It took the Jonathan government 10 days to even accept that the Chibok girls were missing. After that dereliction of duty; after that failure of leadership, after that betrayal of our future, for anyone to think or to put words in my mouth suggesting that I will vote or encourage anyone to vote for this regime is a travesty of intelligence.”

Speaking on the theme, “The Road to Sambisa”, the literary icon stressed Jonathan had not only betrayed children, he had failed as a leader. And warned members of the public not to believe every story written about him on the social media on his purported death.

“There has been a failure of leadership. Our children whom you represent today have been betrayed,” he said.

He urged the President not to take likely, allegations by Australian hostage negotiator, Stephen Davis, that there was a group within the Central Bank of Nigeria sponsoring Boko Haram.

The Nobel laureate noted that he personally knew Davis because they both worked together during the Niger Delta militancy crisis.

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