Soyinka Warns Nigerian Army Against Attack On IPOB Members, Says Viral Torture Video Could Be A Propaganda

Professor Wole Soyinka has called on FG to urgently investigate allegations of maltreatment of Biafra supporters in the Eastern part of the country by the military with the aim of punishing those found culpable.

Soyinka spoke yesterday in Ibadan, Oyo State, Southwest Nigeria at the Christopher Okigbo Conference, with the theme: “Legacy of Christopher Okigbo-50 years”. The event was put together to mark the golden jubilee of the passage of Okigbo.

He said:

“There is a video clip going viral showing allegedly the dehumanisation of Biafran supporters in the East. It shows some civilians being made to run a gantlet of whips and then being made to crawl, being lined up in a pond of mud… I do not say this video is genuine. It could be IPOB propaganda, it is possible but I am saying to the military that you can’t afford to stay silent when that kind of documented allegation is making the round of the world.

“The image of the military very often is the image of the nation. I want the military and the government to examine this video and the source and let the nation know whether the soldiers that participated in it have been identified and have been punished or prove to the nation that this is pure propaganda video. Such thing has been done before. It happened in Baga in the North, and that is the mission as my message on behalf of Christopher Okigbo to the military and to the government. We want an answer”.

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I don't think the video is fake because there are Biafran flags and materials on the ground in that video.

The image of this contraption is irredeemable.

Cyynthia:
I don't think the video is fake because there are Biafran flags and materials on the ground in that video.

Soyinka was only being diplomatic.

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Cyynthia:
I don't think the video is fake because there are Biafran flags and materials on the ground in that video.

For the sake of effective propaganda, you think they won't bring their flag along to the scene for easy. Identification?


IPOB that shared the video of Rwandan genocide as people killed in the east can do anything for the world to hear them.

Soyinka wetin concern you??

Upon all the insults and name calling by these same people.. Why not let them be for Christ sake.

Let them stand up to their fears and oppressors instead of waiting on Yorubas all the time to fight for them.
Nonsense!

Soyinka,the videos aren't fake.

Investigations are ongoing as the COAS said,
But we aren't optimistic because we have seen it many a time.

We leave them to the Supernatural Court of Justice.

I hope the military will listen to his advice

Weldone Prof.

Alariwo2:
Soyinka wetin concern you??

Upon all the insults and name calling by these same people.. Why not let them be for Christ sake.

Let them stand up to their fears and oppressors instead of waiting on Yorubas all the time to fight for them.
Nonsense!

He just wants more insults because the ungrateful pigs of the East whose leaders are weak cowards, hates nothing more than a Yoruba man, even if the Yoruba man speaks in support of their cause. They're too blinded and brainwashed with tribal and religious hatred. The hatred is rooted in envy and jealousy.