Lagos — Following the purported removal of Ogun State House of Assembly Speaker, Tunji Egbetokun from office by nine out of its twenty six members, Nobel Laureate, Professor Wole Soyinka has called for the restoration of the status quo, saying it was practically impossible for a minority to sack a majority.
Soyinka said he read the recent development in Ogun State online, adding that he made enquiries to be sure that such development was not fabricated "to bring supposedly progressive state into international ridicule and make a laughing stock of the indigenes of that state."
As a citizen of Ogun State, Soyinka insisted that the purported removal of the Speaker by a minority legislator "cannot, and must not be allowed to stand."
According to Soyinka in a release signed by him, whatever other issues that are involved, the elementary principle of democracy could not be overturned except through formented violence."Is it what the government of Ogun State desires?" Soyinka queried.
The Nobel laureate pointed out that the attempt to plunge the state into the dark era of lawlessness, must as a matter of urgency, be stopped forthwith.
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The Asiwaju of Isara and our dear foremost Nobel Laureate, Prof Wole Soyinka has said it all. In other words, except for mockery of democracy, there is no way minority can have its way, but can only be heard.
The reported impeachment of the Speaker of the Ogun State House of Assembly by nine of its 26 members was a show of shame, to be modest. The time of the day that the said impeachment proceeding was executed raised question about the genuineness of such action.
The 9 gladiators (nay legislators) should be willing to apologise to the entire Ogun State indigenes for betraying the trusts invested in them by the electorates. They have not acted in the best interest of the citizens they represent and as a matter of fact, the reported impeachment was a futile exercise, which will not stand the test of time.