Insecurity: Soyinka advises government to seek external help
Nobel Laureate, Professor Wole Soyinka, has called on the federal government to engage in national mobilization in order to combat the menace of insecurity rocking the country.
Speaking on Arise TV on Saturday, he urged the government to train farmers to carry arms and protect themselves on their farms as the country has reached a stage of desperation.
According to him the government needs to pay people to come and help in the fight against insurgents, bandits, and other criminal elements.
“You don’t appease evil; we are dealing with evil, there is no other word, we are dealing with the proliferation, the enthronement of evil in the society. And unfortunately, we have encouraged its manifestation, its proliferation, its entrenchment, he said
“So, let them get away with the issue of sovereignty. If they have to pay people to come and help us, then call them whatever you want. Please go ahead because we’ve reached that stage of desperation.
“But I will prefer a general mobilisation in which people are trained, farmers especially are trained to work with the hoe in one hand and the gun in the other hand, ready to protect their lives, their harvests and the rest of us.
“We are not unique, history is full of those situations…I will like to see a national mobilisation. Let’s be practical.”
General mobilization? What happened to the armed forces? Are they only intelligent when they see ordinary citizens? And cannot step up and fight against boko haram. Please they should do there job
Good advice from reasonable person…
What is going on in the country? Does it mean that we don’t have security operatives in the country? Is now the citizens that will protect themselves, this is bad.
Which one are we going to go along with upon having different security agencies including community policing you are still talking about self defense. Nigeria where are we going?
If we are still about self defense, are we still not going to be attacking one another without any reason. We need to think well.
These insecurities in Nigeria has now taking new dimensions in the nation, when anybody will commit offence and once you know oga at the top you will go Scot Free.
Yes professor wole soyinke is absolutely right on the advice….. because everything is beyond Nigerian power.