Wole Soyinka Talk Sense To Patience Jonathan Again in His New Speech

In the recent comment eminent playwright made on Tuesday, March 10, in Lagos during the public presentation of a book titled "Modern and Tradition Elite in the Politics of Lagos" written by
Ambassador Patrick Dele Cole.

Wole Soyinka talks sense to Nigerian first lady for the use of what he terms crude and vulgar language in her recent comments..

Nobel laureate, Professor Soyinka accused the Presidency of taking a prominent part in the crudeness using a recent statement attributed to First Lady, Patience Jonathan as an example.

Recall, Mrs. Jonathan urged her supporters to stone members of the All Progressives Congress (APC) during a Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) rally in Lokoja, Kogi State..

Here is what Soyinka said :

"Speaking as objectively as is possible in such circumstances, I would say that, among the various camps, the most reckless and indecorous has sadly proved the incumbency camp, where restraint has been thrown to the wind with such abandon that even highly privileged spouses have publicly urged supporters to stone any voices raised in opposition to their cause, All of us here have passed through the electoral process furnace before now and I suspect we would mostly agree that never before have we been subjected to this level of sheer venom, crudity of and vulgar abuse of language in such prodigal quantities as in this current political exercise, The very gift of communication, considered the distinguishing mark of cultured humanity even in polemical situations, has been debased, affecting even thought processes, I often suspect," he added...