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Jonathan knows those ‘power-grabbers’ who want to ruin our democracy – Soyinka

March 20, 2015



Nobel laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka, has stated that some “illegal, sinister and power-grabbers” want to ruin Nigeria’s democratic process.

According to Soyinka, the power-grabbers were those working for the imposition of interim government on the country.

Soyinka made this claim during an interview with SaharaTV.

He alleged that President Goodluck Jonathan knew such people but was afraid of them.
The literary doyen said in spite of the challenges, what worried him most, was the plot by some people to take over the affair of Nigeria through the back door.

Soyinka said, “This is what bothers me deeply: There are people who see this as an opportunity for their own political and sinister activities in the country.

“Therefore, we are not even united against the dangerous enemy of the country. The elections themselves are being used as an opportunity of sowing bitter seed of discord and for power-grabbing.

“It is now an established fact that there had been moves towards scuttling the democratic process by instituting a so-called interim government. But the proof is there of some participants in meetings for the formation of an interim government. Why form an interim government when there is an electoral process?

“I went to President Jonathan and I asked him, and he was to all appearances outraged by the very suggestion. I remember he used an expression, ‘If such a thing is going on it is outside my wish or my will. After I have been elected by the entire nation, isn’t being the head of an interim government a demotion and an undignifying position?’.

“Maybe there are forces in operation in this nation during this very critical period about which he knows of that is the answer which I could make and it is up to him to sort himself out in contending with these illegal forces,” the literary icon said.

Soyinka, therefore, called on Nigerians not to be complacent about the current political situation in the country.

He said, “I believe that these elections, going by his (Jonathan) body language… it is very difficult to penetrate truthfully and deeply into the minds of politicians… going by his body language, I think Jonathan has no intention of scuttling the elections.

“In other words, the elections would take place but what kind of elections would we have? And what might be the aftermath of the elections? He has repeatedly said, ‘I’m going back to Otuoke if I lose the election.’ I just hope we don’t wake up one day with our complacent attitude and find out that we, as a people, have been overthrown by very sinister, illegal and useless forces,” he added.

shakaTheZulu:
Soyinka as a professor won't fall for an illiterate terrorist general Buhari and the party of certificate forgers's propaganda



Buhari is a terrorist
Apc Is bokoharam
Gej till 2019

‘’He has repeatedly said, ‘I’m going back to Otuoke if I lose the election.’ I just hope we don’t wake up one day with our complacent attitude and find out that we, as a people, have been overthrown by very sinister, illegal and useless forces.”

stinggy:

STFU
Soyinka likes neither Buhari nor Johnny.




No Ifs, Buts or Maybes, you are going back to OTUEKE straight!!! Your people need you more than we do.

Sai Mai Gaskiya
Sai Buhari
Hope 2015

shakaTheZulu:


buhari is a terrorist
apc is bokoharam

gej till buhari rots in jail

stinggy:


Programmed bot, any proof to your claim?

shakaTheZulu:



otu nne i i have claims

stinggy:


Dolt put them here.
Even Presidency confirmed it last week that Buhari has no link whatsoever with BH. Seems you're yet to catch up with new happenings.

shakaTheZulu:



it won stop us from jailing terrorist buhari after gej's reelection

stinggy:


Nothing to gain engaging you, I'm sorry I misjudged you from your first post.
Now run allow

shakaTheZulu:
seun lalasticlala front page pls

philips70:


FrontPage for twisted lies? How many times will WS warn you guys to stop using his name to endorse a failed Jonathan?

shakaTheZulu:


you know noting


gej till 2019

philips70:


Sure GEJ will live till 2019 if God wills. That's what every reasonable person wishes him. Where is what Nigerians are deciding on Saturday.