Prof Wole Soyinka, a Nobel laureate, expressed his concern regarding Peter Obi’s potential candidacy for the 2023 presidential election.
Soyinka mentioned that Obi’s behavior, such as encouraging his supporters to attack those with differing opinions online, raises doubts about his ability to lead the country.
He said;
“It has to do with education. I didn’t read all these (insults by Obidient Movement) but of course, some links were sent to me, especially when facts were ‘being manufactured’.
“When I read these things, I was disgusted. There’s no other word for it. I really was disgusted and I know that it was orchestrated.
“I know that there is a relay mechanism, which is triggered into action by those who control what we call the trolls of the Internet, and so my disgust and contempt. I just went about my business, you know, because nobody, anybody on this earth who thinks they can stop me telling the truth as I see it needs to have his or her head examined. It’s as elementary as that.
“But it is depressing to see those who wanted to be political leaders encouraging that kind of action, that kind of attitude in the youth. And my mind went to the expression, ‘They don’t know what they’re doing’. Those who sow the wind will reap the whirlwind.
“One of these days, they would be astonished, they would turn on them and teach them a lesson. And so, my attitude was very blasé and it is for me a sad phenomenon, especially for those who want to lead multi-textured (society)- different religions, different ethnic groups, different worldviews – who actually want to preside over such a group as one. It means that they have already declared themselves incompetent to lead such an entity.”
Speaking further, Soyinka added;
“I hope for the sake of the nation that he doesn’t express interest in the next election because for me as a leader if there was any proof that he was unfit to lead that country, it’s in the conduct which he encouraged among his followers.”’
In other news, Daniel Bwala, the former spokesperson of the Atiku Campaign group, has alleged that Peter Obi, the presidential candidate of the Labour Party, LP, in the 2023 election, will only have the opportunity to become the Nigerian president in 2039.
According to Bwala, President Bola Tinubu will need to complete his two terms before power shifts back to the north for another eight years. In a post on his X handle on Monday, the ex-lawmaker stated that power will not return to the south until 2039.
“@PeterObi only stands the chance to be Nigerias president from 2039 when he will clock 79, or above 79 years. By then his message would no longer be “vote me because I am the younger of the candidates” but it will be “vote me because age doesn’t matter but capacity”“The reason is @officialABAT will finish his two terms, then power would come to the north for another 8 years, before it goes to the south. The e-rodents who keep shouting “we are the youth” by then would be saying “we are the elders”. Blessed week ahead.”
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