Wole Soyinka Is a Better Guinea Fowl Hunter Than a Political Critic - Obasanjo

Former president, Olusegun Obasanjo is defending the controversial comments he made about Nobel Laureate, Wole Soyinka, in his three-volume autobiography, My Watch.

In the book, Obasanjo wrote, “For Wole, no one can be good, nor can anything be spot-on politically except that which emanates from him or is ordained by him. His friends and loved ones will always be right and correct no matter what they do or fail to do. He is surely a better wine connoisseur and a more successful aparo (guinea fowl) hunter than a political critic.” According to the report, Obasanjo reiterated his stance on Channels TV during a programme tagged Book Club. He reportedly stated:
“Wole Soyinka is a gifted man. I have always acknowledged that but he is a bad politician and I have also always said that; and that is my own point of view. He may agree with it, he may not agree with it. But having said that, I also, in my book, bring out Wole Soyinka as I see him and that’s my own judgment; that’s my own perspective of him. He may agree, he may not agree but anybody can bring out his own perspective of me. For instance, I know that if I want somebody to give me the best wine, one of the people I will go to is Wole Soyinka and I know he has a taste for good wine and I said that in the book.”

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Posted: at 27-07-2015 01:09 PM (8 years ago) | Addicted Hero

OK we don here, waiting for Soyink's reply.

Posted: at 27-07-2015 01:35 PM (8 years ago) | Newbie

OBJ come even dey for news nowadays pass when him dey for power.him don turn tortoise wey him name no dey finish for story

Posted: at 27-07-2015 01:52 PM (8 years ago) | Addicted Hero

SOYINKA WILL BLOW BIG GRAMMAR
CAN SOMEBODY ADVISE OBJ?
ANYWAY BOTH OF THEM ARE DISAPPOINTMENT.

Posted: at 27-07-2015 02:57 PM (8 years ago) | Gistmaniac

One day that Suya man go take that monkey do peper soup for english

Posted: at 27-07-2015 03:03 PM (8 years ago) | Gistmaniac

1st and second idiots.

Posted: at 27-07-2015 03:46 PM (8 years ago) | Hero

nice

Posted: at 27-07-2015 06:59 PM (8 years ago) | Hero

shooooo

Posted: at 27-07-2015 10:16 PM (8 years ago) | Gistmaniac

waiting 4 next episode

Posted: at 28-07-2015 04:37 PM (8 years ago) | Gistmaniac

Ok good to hear that

Posted: at 11-08-2015 01:40 PM (8 years ago) | Hero