Buhari must reveal his health status – Soyinka blows hot

Nobel laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka, has said President Muhammadu Buhari must reveal to Nigerians the condition of his health after spending tax payers’ money on medical leave for nearly two months in Britain.

He stated this in an interview at Paris Book Fair which held during the weekend.

According to the Soyinka, Buhari and his advisors are not being honest about his true health condition; stressing that no matter the statements released by his media team, Nigerians can still decipher that all is not well with Mr. President.

He said: “He’s (Buhari’s) ill, there’s no question, and I wish for heaven’s sake that people in public positions would just be honest and tell tax payers the truth about his health.

“Illness is part of our existence. Buhari owes it to the nation and I don’t know why he and his advisors are being so coy about it.

Soyinka also said that indigenous groups like IPOB and MASSSOB had a right to assert themselves as a distinct people, even within a political and geographical zone anywhere in the world.

He further lampooned the military for extra-judicially killing over 150 Biafra agitators in 2015, and denying the human rights violation allegations raised by Amnesty International over the killings.

The Nobel laureate said: “It’s not the real estate for me that define a nation or a people, no; it’s a history, a culture.

“What is a crime within an artificial entity like Nigeria? You have states being created which are not viable.

“I cannot accept the notion that people have a right to kill other people because they want to assert their identity… It doesn’t cost anything to recognise it.”