Professor Wole Soyinka has asked the Federal Government of Nigeria to declare as terrorists, herdsmen responsible for attacks in states across the country.
The Nobel Laurette cave the advice on Thursday, March 15, 2018, while addressing an audience during the Ripples Nigeria Dialogue in Lagos.
He said that it was high time the Federal Government gave a stern warning against the carnage and utter destruction they inflict on the communities largely in Benue State.
Soyinka also advised Nigerians to wake up and stand against capital punishment being suggested in the proposed Hate Speech Bill.
His words: “Life has become so trite, so cheap, that a group of supposedly rational, intelligent people in this world, especially a world that is trying to get rid of its degrading punishment called capital punishment and they come and decree hanging. No, they’re not going to hang anybody.
“They just want an instrument to silence people. It is ironic of course that I should call Nigerians to resist this law.”
The event was an annual offering by Ripples Centre for Data and Investigative Journalism.
Also present were economist and management expert, Dr Pat Utomi; former Governor of Anambra State, Mr. Peter Obi; Human rights activist, Dr Abiola Akiyode-Afolabi; and Dr Reuben Abati.
