I don’t believe Buhari is in charge - Wole Soyinka

Professor Wole Soyinka has hinted that following the numerous insecurity issues happening in the country, he believes President Muhammadu Buhari is not in charge of the country.

According to the Noble laureate, he finds the style of leadership of the president disappointing; adding that Buhari does not understand the seriousness and urgency of the matter.

He said this while speaking in an interview with Arise TV on Friday, February 12, 2021.

“I have said this before and I wish to repeat this. Buhari does not appreciate the situation; he doesn’t understand. I see no evidence that he understands how grave the situation is. I have said it again and again, I don’t believe that he is in charge, because it is not possible in my view for a head of state, commander-in-chief of the armed forces, to say he is presiding over a nation and things get to this level.

"Something is critically wrong within the leadership of this nation and that is where we civilians must come in. You must pick up this slack for our situation, our own salvation, and this is one of the things we engaged in and that is why I resent this becoming individualised.

"Wole Soyinka is just another individual, just like another farmer, another student and I wanted people to understand this.

What happened to me with this incident is just typical of what is happening to millions of people all over the country and we cannot just sit still,” he said in the interview.