Nobel Laureate, Professor Wole Soyinka, also decried the deployment
of soldiers especially in Lagos and wondered whether it was part of the
deal Labour reached with government.
Demanding immediate withdrawal of the soldiers, Soyinka described
their deployment as “an intolerable act of provocation that has taken
underhand advantage of the willingness of the people to negotiate and
give the government a breathing space” and makes absolute nonsense of
the Belgore machinery for resolution that was set up, even before it has
commenced work.
“It has turned future dialogue into negotiation under the gun, which
is nothing but a charade and will only be challenged at no distant
date.”
He urged Labour and Civil society to boycott further talks with the government until the soldiers were withdrawn.
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