Wole Soyinka, the Nobel laureate, has described the comments by Datti Baba-Ahmed, vice-presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), in a recent interview as containing “fascistic language”. Soyinka spoke in
Idris ShehuWole Soyinka, the Nobel laureate, has described the comments by Datti Baba-Ahmed, vice-presidential candidate of the Labour Party , in a recent interview as containing “fascistic language”.On March 22, Datti, in an interview with Channels TV,the country has no president-elect despite the Independent National Electoral Commission announcing Bola Tinubu of the All Progressives Congress as the winner of the election.
He said the LP vice-presidential candidate tried to “dictate to the supreme arbiter of the nation”, adding that it was unacceptable.“I have never heard anyone threaten the judiciary on television the way Datti did. I heard the kind of menacing, blackmailing language as that to which we were treated by Datti. That kind of do-or-die attitude and provocation is not what I think we have all been struggling for,” Soyinka said.
“But Datti kept saying, in his wisdom, that the supreme court must agree with me. That is what is known as fascistic language and it is not acceptable.”The Nobel laureate has been one of the most prominent victims of fake news in the country in recent years.was a viral social media post which claimed he endorsed Tinubu during the run-up to the presidential election.
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