Soyinka Condemns Use Of Bullets, Tear Gas On Protesters

Nobel laureate Wole Soyinka on Sunday said the use of bullets and tear gas on Nigerians protesting against economic hardship was an abuse of state power. He described security operatives’ treatment of protesters has left the country in a “seemingly unbreakable cycle of resentment and reprisals”. His views in an opinion piece titled: ‘The Hunger […]


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