Nigerian Nobel Laureate, Prof Wole Soyinka has condemned the continuous detention of #RevolutioNow convener Omoyele Sowore, even after perfecting his bail conditions.
Soyinka who wondered if Sowore is Miyetti Allah in his open letter, also lashed out at Nigerian agencies that actually think to inhibit social revolution by fastening on the alarmist association of the word ‘revolution’.
In the open letter titled ‘Between thuggery and state disobedience’, the nobel laureate accused the Buhari-led administration of treating the judiciary with disdain.
He also alleged that the degree of cynicism in the conduct of State Security agencies in the present administration has attained a level of consistency that is surpassed by only one other previous government.
Read the open letter below;
Between THUGGERY and STATE DISOBEDIENCEI have no hesitation in admitting that I have a personal, formative interest in the health of the Nigerian judiciary, deeper perhaps than the average Nigerian.
At a critical junction in the life of this writer, a judge resolved to give primacy to the call of conscience, affirm his professional integrity and defend the supremacy of law in defiance of state interference
.He refused to bow to external pressure in adjudicating a case whose conclusion, had this accused been found guilty as charged, would have been life imprisonment.
That individual, the late Justice Kayode Eso, has narrated the event in his autobiography – The Mystery Gunman with his noted wit and judicial poise.
The Deputy Premier of the then Western region of Nigeria had summoned the judge to his residence, lectured him on his duty to protect the interests of the government against the accused.
Justice Kayode listened politely, re-affirmed his commitment to the rule of law, and took his leave.
It would be most surprising if my own brush with the law has not crossed my mind since the predicament of Omoyele Sowole, journalist and former presidential candidate began.
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