Wole Soyinka holds a press-conference on the meeting with President Buhari

– Wole Soyinka holds a press-conference on
the meeting with President Buhari last week
– Professor advised the incumbent
government to increase its actions to renew
the peace in Niger Delta
– He also condemned the activities of the
Boko Haram insurgents
President Buhari and Wole Soyinka during
the meeting in Aso Rock villa
Nobel laureate, Professor Wole Soyinka has
challenged to fast-track his government’s
action on the Niger Delta militants, Channels
TV reports.
Soyinka asked the president to be more
proactive in dealing with the problems of the
oil-rich region.
While speaking at a press conference in
Lagos he said that Buhari’s government is
not doing enough in handling “ the tension in
the Niger Delta region”.
The literature icon called on the federal
government, like other major players in
Nigeria and the region, to change its
administration’s style and move quickly to
deal with the issues of the Niger Delta.
Professor Soynka also criticised the
activities of the deadly Boko Haram sect in
the north of the country.
He stated that the insurgency was a result
of religious lunacy and believed aggression
should be met with reasonable force.
According to him, the activities of the
terrorists are sub-human and must be
treated as one.
Insurgents have no business taking innocent
lives, Soyinka said adding that he stands to
request that such barbaric people must be
wiped out.
The professor has recently visited President
Buhari was at the Aso Rock presidential villa
and promised reporters that he would hold a
press conference and speak on national
issues.

Soyinka’s comments are coming at a period
of militancy resurgence in the Niger Delta
region, with the militants resorting to
bombing oil and gas facilities.
Their activities have cut Nigeria’s oil output
by 700,000 barrels per day to 1.56 million
bpd.
The main militant group in the region that
names itself the Niger Delta Avengers last
week announced the decision for peace talks
with the incumbent government.