Monday, December 23, 2013

APC’s visit to Obasanjo: Nigeria heading for shipwreck – Soyinka

Nobel Laureate, Professor Wole Soyinka yesterday faulted the visit of
All Progressives Congress, APC, leaders to former President Olusegun
Obasanjo last Saturday warning that Nigeria was heading for a
shipwreck with such political romance.
In his statement, titled: "Shipwreck Ahead", Professor Soyinka
cautioned that Nigeria would need rescue operations if the APC intends
to court Obasanjo to serve as a navigator for the ship of the state.
According to Soyinka's short statement, "an APC-led group, we
understand, has been paying courtesy visits to former Heads of States.
Would it be correct to state that their purpose is captured in the
following Mission Statement? 'Tinubu added that the APC had resolved
to rescue Nigeria, appealing to Obasanjo to lead the mission. We're
resolved and determined to rescue Nigeria. We want you as navigator,'
he said."
Soyinka, then added: "If this attribution is correct, may I urge you,
as an urgent public service, to advise families to begin the
stockpiling of life-belts for the guaranteed crash. Don't forget to
alert the coastguards—ECOWAS (Economic Community of West African
States), AU (African Union), UNO (United Nations Organization) etc, to
be on the alert for possible salvage operations. "If General Sani
Abacha were alive today, would he also have been on the ship's
complement? As Captain perhaps?"Soyinka asked.

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