Playwright, Prof. Wole Soyinka, has once again knocked the Obidient movement while decrying what he described as the climate of fear being generated in the Nigerian polity since after the general election.
“Far more alarming was the grotesque fantasy of the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court disguised as a wheelchair, zooming off in space to a secret meeting with other parties of the conflict. On its own, that is sufficiently scary. Swiftly followed thereafter by a television tirade of intimidation, it strikes one as more than the mere antics by the mentally deranged. The tactics are familiar: ridicule, incriminate, then intimidate. Objective: undermine the structure of justice.
“By the way, I do agree with Seun Kuti; ‘Obidients’ is one of the most repulsive, off-putting concoctions I ever encountered in any political arena. Some love it, however, and this is what freedom is about. Choice. Taste. Free emotions. By contrast, I have no quarrel with “Yes Daddy.” Roman Catholics are used to saying “Yes, Father”. Secularists say “Enh, Baba.” The context and content are what matters, and lies – where established – raise bothersome issues such as Integrity Deficiency.
He stated, “Those who fail to appreciate this are entirely free to their existence in an illusory world. “I am well aware that the foregoing is further invitation for more nauseous bilge from the besotted. Please, be my guest. It is, after all, one of those special seasons of convergence of two seasons of self-flagellation. Fasting makes bearers of constricted minds even more light-headed. Delusions fill the vacuum.
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