… there will be a huge squawk when the truth is revealed
Novelist and Nobel laureate Wole Soyinka, on Monday stated that the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) Nnamdi Kanu was kidnapped as opposed to stories making the rounds that he was intercepted.
Soyinka revealed this in an interview with BBC Pidgin on Monday, he said the action by the Nigerian government could only be best described as “kidnap” and it is “internationally and morally wrong”.
He added that there would be a huge commotion in the country if the truth of how the embattled leader of IPOB was arrested becomes known.
“It’s not for me to tell the President to prepare itself because it’s going to be a huge squawk when the truth about how Kanu was arrested comes out. People are alleging this or that. That is one phase whether Nigeria has acted outside international law.
“The second issue, however, has to do with Kanu’s conduct outside the nation. There’s been a level of hate rhetoric which has been unfortunate, from Kanu. Hate rhetoric is an issue that can only be judged by the laws of any nation.
“Was it right ‘to have been kidnapped?’ You can say intercepted as much as you want but I think Kanu was kidnapped. That is wrong internationally and morally,” Soyinka concluded.
Recall that Kanu was on Sunday, June 27, rearrested to face trial after he jumped bail and fled the country in 2017.
(Independent)
