Nobel Laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka has said that many members of the political elite would be wallowing in prison if the Buhari administration’s war on corruption had not run out of steam.
He disclosed this Wednesday while appearing on an AIT programme Kaakaki.
Soyinka explained that because of the high level of corruption in the nation, the rich were manipulating the judicial system to stay off jail.
The octogenarian said that the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) which he used to staunchly support has not lived up to the billing in recent times.
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“There are so many people who should be in prison if this government had not run out of steam, and so the system is being manipulated.
“There are cases where the prosecution had reached the level where evidence had been given on governors who had been stealing and depositing in bits and pieces so as not to flout a certain regulation.
“I mean cases have been taken to that level and suddenly, silence.
“The EFCC, which I back solidly ever since the days of (Nuhu) Ribadu, in all kinds of ways, we no longer know the distinguishing from rights and left,” Soyinka stated.
Addressing the issues of restructuring, Soyinka accused the executive arm of government of dereliction of duty, urging the legislature to pick up the gauntlet.
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He said that rather than compel the executive to do the needful, many legislators were out to line their pockets by scurrying after juicy committee placements.
“And it is the responsibility of the constituency to remind them of these derelictions, these failures to come up to scratch as expected when they come round next for elections,” Soyinka stated.
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