“Dear Mr. President, you cannot honour Abiola in one breath and admire his tormentor in the same breath,” he said.

Noble Laureate, Professor Wole Soyinka, has told President Muhammadu Buhari that he cannot honour MKO Abiola in one breath and admire his tormentor Sani Abacha in the same breath.

Soyinka, who was speaking in Abuja on Wednesday at the national honours investiture for heroes of democracy., said that although he understood Buhari’s official loyalty to Abacha, it shouldn’t take preeminence over the preservation of democracy

“Dear Mr. President, you cannot honour Abiola in one breath and admire his tormentor in the same breath,” he said.

Soyinka added that while the heroes of democracy were being recognized, the anti-democrats deserved some mention too.

“So, as we have the Hall of Heroes in one hand, we also have the Hall of Shame as a lesson to future generations,” he said.

In the latter category, he listed Abacha, whom he described as “one of the most brutal dictators — if not the most brutal, in fact the most brutal dictators — that this nation has ever known”.

http://saharareporters.com/2018/06/12/soyinka-tells-buhari-you-can%E2%80%99t-honour-abiola-and-still-admire-his-tormentor-abacha

You are a wise man sire.

Exactly. This is the case of “follow the spirits kill, come follow the living go for mourning"

I don't see anything confusing here, Abacha was a former Nigeria leader, and was also a superior to Buhari in the Military days, they must have shared a common interest while Abiola was a patriotic Nigerian makes impact in the National development whom the president has decided to honor bacause he felt that He deserved to be awarded

Belluchii:
I don't see anything confusing here, Abacha was a former Nigeria leader, and was also a superior to Buhari in the Military days, they must have shared a common interest while Abiola was a patriotic Nigerian makes impact in the National development whom the president has decided to honor bacause he felt that He deserved to be awarded

Buhari was superior to Abacha oga. Get your history right sir.