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“My trust has broken down completely and even the minimum restraint that we’ve learnt to expect from seasoned politicians has been jettisoned completely.”
*Prof. Wole Soyinka on Channels TV
PEGASUS REPORTERS, LAGOS | APRIL 4, 2023
Prof. Wole Soyinka has come down hard on the 2023 general elections and the rhetoric of political actors which he said he’s been following since he returned from an official assignment abroad
The Nobel laureate, who appeared on Monday’s edition of Channels Television’s Roadmap 2023, described the elections as “not exactly the most edifying exercise that we’ve been through.”
Stating that he was out of the country for some months, Soyinka shared his insight on the politics-speak that took hold while he was away.
“On arriving, I came in for the World Poetry Day, and immediately, I was bombarded by the most horrendous narratives both pre and after the elections,” he said.
“Since then, I’ve also read columns; I’ve seen Nigerian papers for the first time in months and I didn’t like what I read at all.
“My trust has broken down completely and even the minimum restraint that we’ve learnt to expect from seasoned politicians has been jettisoned completely.”
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