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Prof. Wole Soyinka, a well-known Nobel laureate, has criticized Peter Obi's Labour Party followers, the Obidient Movement, for their involvement in the just-held general election for 2023.
Reports on Nigerian politics During his speech at the book launch for "The Putin Files: Excursions Around The Ideology Of Pain" on Friday, Wole Soyinka argued that the Obidients were fascists.
In response to an inquiry on why he termed Obidients fascists from a lawyer and poet named Ogaga Ifowodo, he referenced the 2020 EndSARS rally as an illustration of a battle motivated by unadulterated truth.
He claims that one of the most effective movements in this nation is the EndSARS campaign.
As he traveled from Lagos to the capital of Ogun State, Abeokuta, Soyinka made note of how he backed the EndSARS demonstration and even spoke to some of the demonstrators.
Soyinka noted that the Obidient Movement was attempting to "mobilize youth to defend an untruth" when he compared the EndSARS protest to it.
The majority of the Obidient Movement's acts, according to Soyinka, were similar to those of former president Muhammadu Buhari, who "pushed people to kill innocent serving members of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) by claiming he was cheated out of an election."
He said that certain people had planned to sway the nation toward having an interim administration well in advance of the election.
Soyinka stated that some people who felt they were being radical were actually being "mumu" (foolish) and "playing the script of others."
