July 05, (THEWILL) – Nobel Laureate, Professor Wole Soyinka, has advised the Federal Government to apologise to Sunday Igboho after officials of the Department of State Services (DSS) invaded his home and killed two of his associates.
THEWILL reports that the DSS declared Igboho wanted for allegedly stockpiling arms after its operatives invaded his home on Thursday.
In an interview with BBC Pidgin on Monday, Soyinka said the government’s actions and rationale for invading Igboho’s home “stinks.”
He said: “My advice to the government is that they should stop pursuing Igboho as a criminal, because you have begun by acting in a criminal fashion against him.
“If and when Igboho comes to trial, I guarantee you the government will be very embarrassed.
“I think they should tell Igboho, ‘We made a mistake;’ ‘we should not have acted in this way;’ ‘you are no longer wanted;’ ‘go back to your home.” In fact, escort him to his home, and let him resume his normal life.”
According to Soyinka, Igboho’s fight for freedom was preceded by criminal acts of enemies of Nigeria who “appear to be supported by the force of the State.”
While Soyinka noted he doesn’t “like the sound of a Yoruba Nation” anymore than he likes the sound of a Tiv or Igbo nation, he said the country must be restructured through the decentralisation of power.
Soyinka noted that the current structure of the country was imposed upon the people by the military.
