This Day (Lagos)
12 January 2009
Chairman, Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Professor Maurice Iwu, has accused Nobel Laureate, Professor Wole Soyinka, of intemperance, name-calling and other acts unbecoming of a man of his age.
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What does Iwu expect from the award winning fiction writer, the "Ole" of the Federal Republic (OFR)? Baba-agbaya Soyinka, you can't eat your cake and have it at the same time. Just keep your award and hope it makes you happy even though you donate the financial proceeds to the Supreme Court when some orphanage could have a better use for the money. Our heroes like Mr. Gani Fawehinmi who value his personal honor more than the dishonorable bribery, are more deserving of our respect, so please leave Mr. Iwu alone as we grope our way thru the labyrinth of democratic process that suit our culture - it may be by trial and error, eventually, we shall get there and own it, collectively, with or without you, Wole.