Nobel laureate, Wole Soyinka blames President Muhammadu Buhari over recent Plateau killings that claimed about 135 lives.
Soyinka reaction his coming just after former President Olusegun Obasanjo, who paid a condolence visit to Governor Simon Lalong of Plateau State on Wednesday, admitted that security challenges have been high during the present administration. “Accounting for crimes is also part of that responsibility, and such criminality must not be seen to be rewarded through idealistic solutions that paper over crimes against humanity,” Soyinka said in a statement titled, “On Demand: A language of non-capitulation, non-appeasement.”
The recent attacks on Barkin Ladi council area in Plateau State claimed many lives and the disturbing incident has got the whole country reacting as they pay condolences to families of the victims. Soyinka also urged President Buhari to make a bold move by making sure the killer herdsmen are brought before the law. “For that is the present actuality. Crimes against our humanity have been committed, and restitution must be made. Nothing less will restore confidence in a government, and reassure the people of its integrity, its commitment to equity in internal relationships and the rightful custodianship of ancient resources,” Soyinka said.
Photo Credit: Getty
