INSECURITY: Soyinka asks Nigerian govt to declare state of emergency

Nobel laurate, Prof Wole Soyinka has asked the Federal Government to declare a state of emergency in the in the Southwestern part of the country as a result of the increase in violent crimes.

Soyinka made this call while speaking in Akure, the Ondo State capital for the Fagunwa Study Group second International Conference with the theme: “Wole Soyinka, DO Fagunwa and the Yoruba Artistic heritage.”

He expressed concern about the security challenges facing the country.

Pointedly, he described the security situation in the country as worrisome and calamitous saying the government must do everything to check insecurity in the land.

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“As regards the insecurity in the South West, there is an emergency. There should be a declaration of security emergency throughout the land and measures taken accordingly.

“There are many directions of security lapses, you know it here, especially in Ondo State, it is a calamity throughout the whole nation. There is an emergency,” he said.

The first African Nobel Laureate said the governors, especially those in the South West geo-political zone, must work assiduously toward tackling the menace of insecurity.

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