5 important things Nobel Laureate said in DW interview

During the interview, Professor Soyinka spoke on Nigeria’s upcoming elections, and the Boko Haram menace plaguing the country.

Nobel Laureate, Wole Soyinka was recently featured in an interview with German news platform, Deutsche Welle.

During the interview, Professor Soyinka spoke on Nigeria’s upcoming elections, and the Boko Haram menace plaguing the country.

Here are five important things he said during the interview:

1. Nigeria is aspiring very hard to become a failed state.
2. Ex-military officers and security officers are trying to push aside the political contestants and use the unrest as an excuse to establish an interim government.
3. It will take a generation at least to exterminate this phenomenon altogether. The military would not have had to cope with Boko Haram on this level if the proper action had been taken at the right time. This is the biggest the problem I have with the Jonathan government.
4. I can’t say I’m hopeful that we’ll find the majority of the abducted Chibok girls.
5. What Patience Jonathan said was totally unacceptable. I no longer regard her as the First Lady of Nigeria.