Nigerian government to be cautious in dealing
with the recent Pro-Biafrans agitations. Soyinka
made the call during a recent interview with
Channels TV;
"I wrote an article during the war that Biafra cannot
be defeated. People misunderstood what I was saying.
Once an idea has taken hold, you cannot destroy that
idea. You may destroy the people, the carriers of
that idea on the battle field but ultimately it’s not
the end of the story.
Let’s not take this position of ‘don’t even talk about
it’, ‘under my watch this will never happen’, don’t say
things like that. Go into that environment and ask
‘what is it that we can do to make you happy and
feel part of this entity?’ Listen to some other
Biafrans and ask them why they want to stay (and say)
‘this is what we are ready to push as the overall
authority in this area’. Don’t go around saying ‘the
sovereignty of the country is indivisible, it’s
non-negotiable’ all that kind of language will only
make matters worse.” He said.
be defeated. People misunderstood what I was saying.
Once an idea has taken hold, you cannot destroy that
idea. You may destroy the people, the carriers of
that idea on the battle field but ultimately it’s not
the end of the story.
Let’s not take this position of ‘don’t even talk about
it’, ‘under my watch this will never happen’, don’t say
things like that. Go into that environment and ask
‘what is it that we can do to make you happy and
feel part of this entity?’ Listen to some other
Biafrans and ask them why they want to stay (and say)
‘this is what we are ready to push as the overall
authority in this area’. Don’t go around saying ‘the
sovereignty of the country is indivisible, it’s
non-negotiable’ all that kind of language will only
make matters worse.” He said.
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