Professor Wole Soyinka Says President Bola Tinubu Failed To Address Brutal Crackdown Of #Endbadgovernance Protesters.

Nobel laureate, Professor Wole Soyinka, has faulted the nationwide address by President Bola Tinubu, saying it failed to address the brutal crackdown of #EndBadGovernance protesters by security agencies.

Angry Nigerians had taken to major cities across the country to lament the high cost of living, hardship, hunger, and poverty blamed on policies of the Federal Government like the removal of fuel subsidy and the floating of the naira.

In the past four days, some persons were killed as the protests turned violent in some states. Worried by the situation, President Tinubu addressed Nigerians in his first nationwide speech after the demonstrations. The President called for calm, insisting that there was no going back on the subsidy removal.

But in a statement on Sunday, Soyinka specifically criticised the steps reeled out by the President since the protests started.

 Soyinka said the nation’s security agencies cannot pretend unawareness of alternative models for emulation, civilized advances in security intervention.

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