Nobel Laureate, Wole Soyinka has said that All Progressives Congress, Gen. Mohammadu Buhari (rtd) represented the most brutal face of military dictatorship.
In an interview with the BBC on Monday, Soyinka said “Buhari and his partner, the late Gen. Tunde Idiagbon, after (former military head of state) Sani Abacha, I think they represented the most brutal face of military dictatorship. There is no question about that,” Soyinka said.
“But the environment changes, circumstances change and… I look at the possibility of a genuine internal transformation in some individuals. I’ve been disappointed before and we must always be ready to be disappointed again.”
He also described the coming elections as a battle of two problematic candidates. He said “one contender is troubled by the present, the other by the past.”
Soyinka urged Nigerians to be ready to deal with any new betrayal, he said “Nigerians should be prepared to deal with any new betrayal by any ruler with the same passion and commitment…. as they did with the late Sani Abacha because we cannot continue this cycle of repetitious evil and irresponsibility.”
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