Buhari Not In Charge Of Aso Rock – Soyinka

Nigeria’s Nobel Laureate, Wole Soyinka says he does not believe the President, Muhammadu Buhari is in charge of the country.

Soyinka said this in an interview with Plus TV Africa on Thursday, in reaction to retired Col. Abubakar Umar’s open letter addressed to the President, wherein Buhari’s appointments were adjudged as ‘lopsided’ and capable of bringing the nation to ruin.

The former Kaduna military governor urged the President to emulate the administration of the late Prime Minister Abubakar Tafawa Balewa, Olusegun Obasanjo (Military Government) and the late Alhaji Shehu Shagari whom, according to him, have all been exemplary in terms of appointments.

“I hope you would see your way into pausing and reflecting on the very grave consequences of such failure not just to your legacy but to the future of our great country,” he noted.

The Nobel Laureate said he was appalled by the silence that followed after the letter was made public, adding that those who are responsible for the “lopsided’ appointments ought to be punished.

“First of all, I was appalled by the silence that followed this revelation. I think those who are responsible for this criminal lopsidedness should be punished. It is not sufficient just to discuss it. It’s criminal,” he said.

“I have said this before. I don’t believe there is really anybody in charge in Aso Rock. I’m sorry to say this. I’ve been studying the trend over the past year and a half and I believe this president is not in charge of this nation, in so many aspects and directions. I’m convinced he’s not really and totally with it.

“It’s so serious. It is not the fact alone, we know the history of this. We know what it has caused the nation and we know it isn’t over yet. And you say are launching an enquiry. That’s not enough. This man is not in charge.”

Soyinka further quipped that the answer to the nation’s problem is decentralisation.