Nobel laureate, Professor Wole Soyinka has slammed Rivers State Government over an allegation that the immediate past governor, now minister of transportation Mr. Rotimi Amaechi allegedly spent N82 million to host him during his 80th birthday. Soyinka reacted to the statement by the Rivers State Commissioner for Information, Dr Austin Tam-George. Below is the statement entitled, “Those who flounder in the sewage of corruption":



“This morning, I saw only the headlines in one or two print media regarding the 80th Birthday dinner to which I was hosted by the former governor of Rivers State, the Honorable Rotimi Amaechi, now Minister of Transportation. I ignored them. It was not, and remains not my business to probe into the catering and logistical implications of the hundreds of institutions and governments all over the world to whom I acknowledge an immense debt of unsolicited recognition over the years.



“Since then however, I have learnt of some unsavory statements by the insecure incumbent of the Rivers State government Lodge. These included a loose invitation to anti-crime agencies to investigate the potential crime of being honoured through any occasion. The unprecedented call by this governor is prescient of a warning I recounted in my recent pamphlet publication THE REPUBLIC OF LIARS, and was taken from my address to an anti-corruption global conference that took place in Tunisia two years ago. Those words were: CORRUPTION STRIKES BACK. In this ongoing instance, that expression translates most vividly as “Those who are neck deep in the sewage of corruption ensure that they splatter sewage in all possible and improbable directions.


“I do however fully support the Wikeleaks call for multi-directional probes. I recommend further that he involve the services of INTERPOL to guarantee its extension to all international organisations and governments to whom I owe uncountable events of recognition – including birthday luncheons, dinners, cultural receptions and events of real, fictitious, or simply opportunistic flavoring – to which I have submitted myself. The descent to this present level of abominable distractions makes one truly despair. It is one that even I did not envisage when I warned – CORRUPTION STRIKES BACK! Whether it brings honour or dishonour to the nation is another matter – I am saddened, but indifferent. EFCC and company – over to you! You all know where I live."



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82 million for birthday......

Where me wey be say na nairaland dey remind me of my birthday.While God see una

Wailers will soon come and start bashing Egbon Wole.
As for wike he has eating more than he can chew and gradually he's political aspirations is going down the drain.
Take or leave it APC will take over Rivers from PDP either by crook or hook.

As e dey hot

Prof. this one is one you may not have full knowledge of, because you may not know exactly how much Amaechi debited the State to host you. Such document is not open to you so it is just natural to defend Amaechi because you are involve in the whole saga. Fund meant for the public was used to host an individual for personal reasons best known to the governor. We already know that EFCC will not do anything about it even when they have been invited to probe the source of fund for that dinner.

As someone rightly said except Soyinka was given cash, Wike is wasting time dragging his name. The prof is a global citizen who has achieved much, hosting him to dinner is not an isssue. If Wike wants to squeeze Amaechi I expect him to probe areas like

The rivers rail system
Hospital, schools and other infrastructure amaechi handled.
Then, we can tell if Amaechi is corrupt or not.

Baba dem no sabi where you live. send dem ur address.

If I can't govern, no one will. I will involve personalities and mess up every thing.

As far as Wole Soyinka is concerned, his host-amechi- is a saint, abi? Wole Soyinka's romance with APC politicians is tainting his erstwhile revered image. His image would be done a world of good if he remained neutral-like the Gani Fawehinmi of old.

.. "sewage of corruption"! That's a new metaphor!
Noted.

stupid, useless soyinka. Corrupt writer. If is to attack others he will as if he is clean. Kindly refund rivers money or better off vomit the yam you ate besides ur a gooat