NOBEL laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka, on
Tuesday reportedly told the BBC World Service in an interview on the state of the nation that the country was heading towards a civil war caused
by the political leaders.
Soyinka said the issues raised by the
violent Islamic sect, Boko Haram, which was blamed for violence
targeting Christians in the and that has sparked fears of a wider
religious conflict, had been brewing for some time.
The laureate said, “There are people in
power in certain parts of the country, leaders, who quite genuinely and
authoritatively hate and cannot tolerate any religion outside their own. “Those who have created this faceless army have lost control.”
He said, “The current security challenge
has reinforced the need to aggressively pursue economic development and
simultaneously implement the war on terrorism. In this regard, let me
caution against reckless utterances by some Nigerians that endanger our
national unity.
“Statements that encourage people to
move from one region to another on the basis of faith and ethnicity are
unpatriotic. It portends danger to our corporate existence and a clear
invitation to anarchy.”
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