DAILY POST
A pro-democracy group, Free Nigeria Movement has berated Prof. Wole Soyinka over his recent comment on the just-concluded presidential election.
Recall that Soyinka had described Datti Baba-Ahmed, Vice-Presidential Candidate of the Labour Party (LP) as a “fascist” while reacting to the former lawmaker’s comment that the country has no president-elect despite the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) announcing Bola Tinubu of the All Progressives Congress (APC) as the winner of the election.
The Nobel Laureate said Datti’s remarks are a “kind of do-or-die attitude and provocation” that go contrary to democratic disposition.
He added that the LP vice-presidential candidate tried to “dictate to the supreme arbiter of the nation”, adding that it was unacceptable.
Responding, the pro-democracy group described Soyinka’s comment as very regrettable and unfortunate.
Convener of the group, Moses Ogidi-Paul stated this when he led a protest to the United Nations office in Abuja over the outcome of the 2023 general elections…
