July 3: I Will Expose the Atrocities of Obasanjo – Woke Soyinka roars. 

Noble laureate, Professor Wole Soyinka yesterday said it high time the old breeds left the political stage and criminalities of leaders exposed as the country cannot continue to recycle old, corrupt and geriatrics.

 He said this at a Dinner and Award ceremony of the International Press Institute (IPI) in Abuja.

**Participants at the event**

“The old corrupt and old geriatrics should leave the stage now,” he roared.

Although Soyinka believes that young people should take over the political stage, he however said such revolution should not be led by somebody like former President Olusegun Obasanjo.

“Obasanjo has crossed the red line”, he declared.

He described the former president as “one of the greatest hypocrites Nigeria has ever produced,” saying that he will on July 3 at Freedom Park, Lagos unveil Obasanjo’s atrocities. 

Prof. Soyinka said he documented the atrocities because Nigerians had the tendency to forget easily.

On why he criticises former military head of state, Gen. Sani Abacha, he said he had nothing personal against him.

 He said his grouse against the late military leader was that he plundered the resources of the country, stressing that Abacha’s loot is still being recovered till date.

The Noble laureate also said that when he sees a monument in honour of such person he gets upset wondering how a government that said it is fighting corruption would leave such monuments.
On the issue of his American Green Card, Soyinka clarified that he returned it and asked for a regular visa because President Donald Trump was insulting Nigeria and Africa. He said it was not the first time he would take such step against a country.

On some developments in Nigeria, Prof. Soyinka Wole accused the Federal government of hiding under “hate speech and fake news” to clampdown on innocent people.