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Re: Wole Soyinka: I Will Not Destroy My US Residential Permit Just Yet. by tonio2wo: 7:24am On Nov 10, 2016
themonk:
http://www.vanguardngr.com/2016/11/will-not-destroy-u-s-residency-permit-just-yet-soyinka/

By Michael Eboh with Agency Report
Abuja -‎ Nobel laureate, Professor Wole Soyinka, Wednesday, stated that he will not destroy his United States’ residency permit just yet; while he warned that the victory of Donald Trump in the U.S. presidential race could jeopardize U.S. support in Nigeria’s fight against Boko Haram.

In an interview with Newsweek, Soyinka stated that Trump’s ‘bunker mentality’ could see the U.S. withdraw support for counter-terrorism operations in West Africa.

Following the announcement of Trump’s victory, Nigerians took to social media to question Soyinka about whether he would honour his pledge.

In response, the report quoted Soyinka as saying that he is biding his time until Trump is inaugurated in January before deciding on his next steps.

“Why don’t we wait until Trump actually takes office? I am just going about my normal commitments, but definitely not getting into any more commitments. Let’s put it that way for now,” he said.

According to the report, under the administration of Barack Obama, the U.S. has provided financial support and military training to West African countries fighting Boko Haram.

The U.S., it said, provided $71 million worth of equipment, logistics and training to five countries—Nigeria, Cameroon, Chad, Niger, and Benin—that together formed a joint task force in 2015 to fight the militants, according to a February fact sheet from the U.S. State Department.

Obama also approved the deployment of up to 300 U.S. military personnel to Cameroon in October 2015 to carry out intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance operations in the region.

“One should expect that level of collaboration to diminish. Trump’s mentality is one of, ‘What are we doing there? What business do we have over there?’” Soyinka stated.

“I foresee Trump dismissing that kind of expectation offhand and closing in, shrinking, becoming smaller in terms of the U.S.’s presence in other parts of the world,” he added.

The report said Soyinka is based between Nigeria and the U.S., where he is affiliated to several universities.

Excerpt of the interview with Newsweek

The victory of Donald Trump in the U.S. presidential race could jeopardize U.S. support in Nigeria’s fight against Boko Haram, according to Nigerian Nobel Prize winner Wole Soyinka.

In an exclusive interview, Soyinka tells Newsweek that Trump’s “bunker mentality” could see the U.S. withdraw support for counter-terrorism operations in West Africa.

The Nigerian author and playwright also says that he will not destroy his U.S. residency permit just yet, despite a pre-election pledge to “cut” his green card, which is afforded to immigrants granted permanent residence in the country.
Nigerian Nobel laureate Wole Soyinka takes part in a debate in Berlin, Germany, July 3, 2012. Soyinka pledged to cut up his green card if Donald Trump was elected U.S. president.ANDREAS RENTZ/GETTY IMAGES FOR GREY GOOSE

Trump, the Republican party candidate, shocked pollsters by defeating Democratic rival Hillary Clinton in Tuesday’s vote. The businessman and former reality television star secured victories in key swing states, capitalizing on an anti-establishment feeling among voters to win out against his more experienced rival.

Boko Haram, an Islamist militant group, launched an armed insurgency against the Nigerian government in 2009, killing thousands and displacing more than 2 million since then.

The group also pledged allegiance to the Islamic State militant group (ISIS) in 2015, though it has recently split into factions following the appointment in August of an ISIS-approved leader.

Under the administration of Barack Obama, the U.S. has provided financial support and military training to West African countries fighting Boko Haram.

The U.S. provided $71 million worth of equipment, logistics and training to five countries—Nigeria, Cameroon, Chad, Niger, and Benin—that together formed a joint task force in 2015 to fight the militants, according to a February fact sheet from the U.S. State Department.

Obama also approved the deployment of up to 300 U.S. military personnel to Cameroon in October 2015 to carry out intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance operations in the region.

“One should expect that level of collaboration to diminish. Trump’s mentality is one of, ‘What are we doing there? What business do we have over there?’” says Soyinka, speaking to Newsweek from New York.

“I foresee Trump dismissing that kind of expectation offhand and closing in, shrinking, becoming smaller in terms of [the U.S.’s] presence in other parts of the world,” he says.

Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari extended his congratulations to Trump on Wednesday, saying that he looked forward to working with the president-elect “to build on and strengthen relations between Nigeria and the U.S.”

Trump had little to say about U.S. foreign policy towards Africa in general and Nigeria specifically during his presidential campaign.

While he has vowed to pursue ISIS in Syria and Iraq, the Republican has made no mention of whether he intends to persist with or discontinue the country’s support for counter-terrorism efforts in West Africa. Newsweek contacted the Trump campaign for further comment but received no immediate reply.

An analysis by South Africa-based thinktank the Institute for Security Studies (ISS) suggested that Trump could become “the single most effective recruiting tool for terrorist organizations across the globe,” including in Africa.

The ISS cited Trump’s hardline rhetoric towards Muslims, his advocation of the use of torture and expressed desire to target the families of militants all as potential factors in Trump being used by militant groups in recruitment drives.

Trump’s campaign pledge to temporarily ban Muslims from entering the U.S. has already been used in a propaganda video by Al-Shabab, a Somali militant group aligned with Al-Qaeda.

Soyinka is based between Nigeria and the U.S., where he is affiliated to several universities. In a recent discussion with students at the University of Oxford in the U.K., which was shared in a video on October 27, the author vowed to destroy his green card should Trump be declared the winner of the election.

Following the announcement of Trump’s victory on Wednesday, Nigerians took to social media to question Soyinka about whether he would honor his pledge.

The Nigerian author—who was the first African to win the Nobel Prize in literature in 1986—says he is biding his time until Trump is inaugurated in January before deciding on his next steps.

“Why don’t we wait until Trump actually takes office?” says Soyinka. “I’m just going about my normal commitments, but definitely not getting into any more commitments. Let’s put it that way for now.”

Wole, you are a true afonja! See as u change mouth sharp sharp cheesy. Chai! E dey una blood. grin

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Re: Wole Soyinka: I Will Not Destroy My US Residential Permit Just Yet. by buchilino(m): 7:24am On Nov 10, 2016
BjDreamchaser:

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WETIN, NO BE TRUE D GUY TALK. NA U SEF NEED SERIOUS KOBOKO.
Re: Wole Soyinka: I Will Not Destroy My US Residential Permit Just Yet. by tonio2wo: 7:27am On Nov 10, 2016
bigtt76:
He's just made Obasanjo a saint grin OBJ torn his PDP membership card back then tongue


And english was hospitalised!
Re: Wole Soyinka: I Will Not Destroy My US Residential Permit Just Yet. by refreshrate: 7:28am On Nov 10, 2016
Adebowale89:





only if u can use your senses in the right direction, maybe your life would ve been much better than this. don't talk while your brain is still processing....is an advice anyway

This coming from someone who only has insults rather than a logical argument to counter the claim?

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Re: Wole Soyinka: I Will Not Destroy My US Residential Permit Just Yet. by silentangel: 7:29am On Nov 10, 2016
Wat else do u expect frm afonjas,dey ar lik dogs,after excreting dey com bak nd eat dia excretes.Yeye

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Re: Wole Soyinka: I Will Not Destroy My US Residential Permit Just Yet. by thonyrule(m): 7:31am On Nov 10, 2016
cekhoe:
Iffahear say he tear e green card, I go n@ked baff for bathroom grin grin grin
good point.
Re: Wole Soyinka: I Will Not Destroy My US Residential Permit Just Yet. by Forwetinnah: 7:31am On Nov 10, 2016
onnenka:
Just another slimey 2 faced and double mouthed Yoruba hyopocrite.

Very typical of them o..so he voted Recession into Aso Rock and ran to the States to live? Hes indeed an eeeedioot!! I dare him to tear that green card or Amadioha will visit him...silly occultist grand patron

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Re: Wole Soyinka: I Will Not Destroy My US Residential Permit Just Yet. by teebillz: 7:31am On Nov 10, 2016
They just asked you when you wan tear card and you begin write novel for us. Na wa o.

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Re: Wole Soyinka: I Will Not Destroy My US Residential Permit Just Yet. by LorDBolton(m): 7:32am On Nov 10, 2016
themonk:
I am igbo and I respect soyinka so much.
I don't think he is a coward, and what he said was for a reason. Let's respect him my igbo bothers. He always fights for the truth.

Oga i'm edo, a lover of the yorubas but on this one it's inexcusable.

Bruv don't u get? What soyinka did is typical of what all our leaders from east to west north to south do.

They make INCITEFUL STATEMENTS that will heat up the polity but they themselves will run away.

Ojukwu told igbos over the radio "where will they run to?". That they should fight to the last man! Last drop of blood! He sent 12year olds to the frontlines!

When everything cast he ran away! Our elites are all cowards!!

In-btw trump will not abandon naija against boko haram, if he does china will send forces in exchange USA loses a grip on african influence (& US influence is already diminishing) instead he will double up efforts
Re: Wole Soyinka: I Will Not Destroy My US Residential Permit Just Yet. by tonio2wo: 7:32am On Nov 10, 2016
baresywood:
11/9...twin tower
9/11....trump wins
9/11...Solomon writes..

Ecclesiastis.9.11
I returned, and saw under the sun, that the race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, neither yet bread to the wise, nor yet riches to men of understanding, nor yet favour to men of skill; but time and chance happeneth to them all.

That is how God works, man look at the outwards but God sees the heart.

The way God disappointed the thought of men about Trump, same way God will do in our lives in Jesus name. Good morning.

#Baresy&family

Thanks man! wink
Re: Wole Soyinka: I Will Not Destroy My US Residential Permit Just Yet. by Caleycash(m): 7:33am On Nov 10, 2016
themonk:
I am igbo and I respect soyinka so much.
I don't think he is a coward, and what he said was for a reason. Let's respect him my igbo bothers. He always fights for the truth.
What coward reasons...my friend if you don't know what to type go and sleep, you er IGBO my ass, Nonsense

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Re: Wole Soyinka: I Will Not Destroy My US Residential Permit Just Yet. by buchilino(m): 7:34am On Nov 10, 2016
VajanahDischaj:
if ur father 4kup can u call him a fo0lish old man?

I BELIEVE HIS FATHER HAS MORE BRAIN.

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Re: Wole Soyinka: I Will Not Destroy My US Residential Permit Just Yet. by teebillz: 7:34am On Nov 10, 2016
TINALETC3:
grin grin grin grin

Beautiful woman will you marry me? I am serious.
Re: Wole Soyinka: I Will Not Destroy My US Residential Permit Just Yet. by Hanendez(m): 7:41am On Nov 10, 2016
GBTYO:

Try am and see real change for your body



Foolish old men
He who calls his brother a fool shall be in danger of hell. Matthew 5:22
Re: Wole Soyinka: I Will Not Destroy My US Residential Permit Just Yet. by Nobody: 7:41am On Nov 10, 2016
A Typical AFONJA...bloody cowards, even the ones you think have dignity.

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Re: Wole Soyinka: I Will Not Destroy My US Residential Permit Just Yet. by MattFreeman007(m): 7:44am On Nov 10, 2016
Yorubas And DoubleMouth Are Like Left And Right......Aki Na Ukwaa

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Re: Wole Soyinka: I Will Not Destroy My US Residential Permit Just Yet. by Ask4Info: 7:44am On Nov 10, 2016
gbosaa:



If you can't find an excuse, you deny it like Buhari denied his pre election speeches.
If it goes viral...say it was your enemies handiwork, say your account was hacked like buhari's daughter.

If you were seen in a video like TB, use Chidinma's excuse...say someone photoshopped, video shopped, 'digitally transplanted' your head on another persons body...

If all that fail, blame the devil.


PEOPLE NEVER KNOW THE POWER FOR OWNING UP AND APOLOGIZING FOR YOUR FAULTS NO MATTER HOW TERRIBLE THEY ARE.

THAT SINGLE ACT OF APPEAL AND SEEKING FORGIVENESS IS WHAT GAVE TRUMP THE VICTORY. WHILE HILLARY KEPT DENYING THE MAIL SCANDAL, TRUMP OPENED UP THOSE VIDEOS AND UTTERANCES WERE HIS BUT THOSE WERE YEARS AGO AND HE IS A CHANGED MAN.

PEOPLE WANT SOMEONE THEY CAN TRUST..
Re: Wole Soyinka: I Will Not Destroy My US Residential Permit Just Yet. by Jayson1: 7:48am On Nov 10, 2016
Hanendez:

He who calls his brother a fool shall be in danger of hell. Matthew 5:22
I hope you quote this scripture when GEJ was called the ineffectual buffuon?

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Re: Wole Soyinka: I Will Not Destroy My US Residential Permit Just Yet. by snapshot: 7:50am On Nov 10, 2016
GBTYO:

Try am and see real change for your body



Foolish old men
u can't call Wole Soyinka a "foolish"old man.he may be old but being foolish is not really a good description for one of the most revered Africans.

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Re: Wole Soyinka: I Will Not Destroy My US Residential Permit Just Yet. by Nobody: 7:52am On Nov 10, 2016
So unfortunate for the old Prof. He tot Trump would loose.
I knw the Kongi man won't destroy his green card.
Mayb Trump's victory is for Nigerians to stop predicting wetin no concern dem.
Predictor TB Joshua nd Predictor Wole can help predict wen d recession will end in Nigeria!

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Re: Wole Soyinka: I Will Not Destroy My US Residential Permit Just Yet. by Kingbuhari(m): 7:54am On Nov 10, 2016
Charly68:
For bringing Yoruba race into this you are very very uncultured. You need serious home training . Didn't they teach you how to talk to elders in your village? Nonsense.
truth is very bitter , Any Nigerian that has known the
Yorubas or lived with them would
wonder when a Yoruba could be
trusted to mean what they say or
do what they mean or be brave
enough to faceoff challenges... Soyinka is just a disgrace to Noble
laureate bestowed on him by international community... an account elder statesman don't suppose to be opening his mouth any how... you guys are just reacting and panicking as Awolowo just lose presidential election

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Re: Wole Soyinka: I Will Not Destroy My US Residential Permit Just Yet. by Gkemz: 7:55am On Nov 10, 2016
If he likes let him burn it. As if we care
Re: Wole Soyinka: I Will Not Destroy My US Residential Permit Just Yet. by Adebowale89(m): 8:00am On Nov 10, 2016
refreshrate:


This coming from someone who only has insults rather than a logical argument to counter the claim?






truth might be bitter but its help!
Re: Wole Soyinka: I Will Not Destroy My US Residential Permit Just Yet. by sleeknick: 8:01am On Nov 10, 2016
Obj hasn't given permission oh shocked
Don't try it.

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Re: Wole Soyinka: I Will Not Destroy My US Residential Permit Just Yet. by 4stylz: 8:04am On Nov 10, 2016
kollynxofodile:
Aahhhh

Afanjatus

As in professor in afonjaism

Beliv any Yoruba man in your own peril.

Be it ir best friend.

Does guys have no goal post, they only pitch their tent with the highest bidder.

Unfortunately, they cloud their stupidity with a nickname. " SUFFERSTICATION"

How untrustworthy can a tribe be?

I will choose Yoruba over igbo anyday ! Igbos are the worst lairs, their level of deceit will make you dust cap for them #proudlyNigerdeltan

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Re: Wole Soyinka: I Will Not Destroy My US Residential Permit Just Yet. by dunkem21(m): 8:06am On Nov 10, 2016
Hanendez:

He who calls his brother a fool shall be in danger of hell. Matthew 5:22

Jayson1:
I hope you quote this scripture when GEJ was called the ineffectual buffuon?


What of calling a first lady, SHEPOPOTAMUS . .

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Re: Wole Soyinka: I Will Not Destroy My US Residential Permit Just Yet. by slivertongue: 8:06am On Nov 10, 2016
talk is cheap. even if he leaves US he is not headed for Nigeria.

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Re: Wole Soyinka: I Will Not Destroy My US Residential Permit Just Yet. by slivertongue: 8:09am On Nov 10, 2016
Ask4Info:



PEOPLE NEVER KNOW THE POWER FOR OWNING UP AND APOLOGIZING FOR YOUR FAULTS NO MATTER HOW TERRIBLE THEY ARE.

THAT SINGLE ACT OF APPEAL AND SEEKING FORGIVENESS IS WHAT GAVE TRUMP THE VICTORY. WHILE HILLARY KEPT DENYING THE MAIL SCANDAL, TRUMP OPENED UP THOSE VIDEOS AND UTTERANCES WERE HIS BUT THOSE WERE YEARS AGO AND HE IS A CHANGED MAN.

PEOPLE WANT SOMEONE THEY CAN TRUST..

spot on!

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Re: Wole Soyinka: I Will Not Destroy My US Residential Permit Just Yet. by Mejor79(m): 8:09am On Nov 10, 2016
Prof. lack integrity and can't stand by his word. Though that's Nigeria leaders for you. You where part of the elites that pushed us into this terrible situation in Nigeria now you ran to United States of American and from their running you month bragging of what you can never do. Shameful.

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Re: Wole Soyinka: I Will Not Destroy My US Residential Permit Just Yet. by kollynxofodile(m): 8:12am On Nov 10, 2016
4stylz:


I will choose Yoruba over igbo anyday ! Igbos are the worst lairs, their level of deceit will make you dust cap for them #proudlyNigerdeltan

You are still eating frm your mothers pot of soup

By the time u grow up and start interacting with MEN

You will understand the importance of predicting people line of action.

If I knew u were a thief, I will deal with u like a thief.

But in a situation u dont even know exactly where ur partner stands.

U will c how difficult it is to do any Business with such people.

I don't want to disagree with you insertion about Igbos, cos all Men has their own opinion.

But I will advice that, as you grow up, always deal with people you can accurately predict their next line of Action.

Understand Kid?

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Re: Wole Soyinka: I Will Not Destroy My US Residential Permit Just Yet. by jozee8: 8:12am On Nov 10, 2016
Take Yoruba man serious at your own peril cheesy

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