Nobel Laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka, warned on Tuesday that Nigeria was heading towards a civil war.
He also blamed political leaders who spread religious intolerance, in an interview with the British Broadcasting Service.
Asked whether he agreed with President Goodluck Jonathan that the current unrest was worse than the 1960s civil war, he told the BBC World Service, “It’s not an unrealistic comparison — it’s certainly based on many similarities.
Asked whether he agreed with President Goodluck Jonathan that the current unrest was worse than the 1960s civil war, he told the BBC World Service, “It’s not an unrealistic comparison — it’s certainly based on many similarities.
“We see the nation heading towards a civil war,” he said.
Soyinka was also asked whether the unrest threatened the state of Nigeria itself, and replied, “It is going that way. We no longer can pretend it’s not. When you’ve got a situation where a bunch of people can go into a place of worship and open fire through the windows, you’ve reached a certain dismal watershed in the life of that nation.”
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