Soyinka fires back at critics blaming him for installing Buhari in 2015

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Some Nigerians had criticized Nobel Laureate Professor Wole Soyinka for “installing” President Buhari as the nation’s President in 2015. However, the octogenarian has come out to fire Nigerians who blamed him for influencing the win of Buhari in the 2015 election.

He said that those disgruntled Nigerians claiming that he installed Buhari are talking nonsense, adding that their parents are responsible and need to apologise not only to Nigerians but also to the world.

Wole Soyinka said these while speaking on Channels Television’s Newsnight. The interview with Soyinka was a pre-recorded one but was aired on Monday.

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In his words, “When people talk about Wole Soyinka installing Buhari, they are talking rubbish; they don’t know what they are talking about. They are talking from ignorance. When I think of the governed themselves, I ask myself, ‘What am I doing among these people who don’t understand that if somebody misrules, you have a right to tell people not to vote for him?’ And it is their business after that who they vote for, but they have the option of spoiling their votes.

“So, when I hear Wole Soyinka was the one who installed Buhari and he should apologize to the nation, I say, ‘Your parents should apologize to the world for inflicting morons like you on the world.’

Soyinka also said that the accumulated negativity from the government and Nigerians is why he stayed away from commenting on governance.

Source: dailypost.ng

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