Soyinka calls for caution on Biafran agitation

Nobel laureate Wole Soyinka has called on the
Nigerian government to be cautious in dealing
with the recent Pro-Biafrans agitations. Soyinka
made the call during a recent interview with
Channels TV
"I wrote an article during the war that
Biafra cannot be defeated. People
misunderstood what I was saying. Once an
idea has taken hold, you cannot destroy
that idea. You may destroy the people, the
carriers of that idea on the battle field but
ultimately it’s not the end of the story.
Let’s not take this position of ‘don’t even
talk about it’, ‘under my watch this will
never happen’, don’t say things like that.
Go into that environment and ask ‘what is
it that we can do to make you happy and
feel part of this entity?’ Listen to some
other Biafrans and ask them why they want
to stay (and say) ‘this is what we are
ready to push as the overall authority in
this area’. Don’t go around saying ‘the
sovereignty of the country is indivisible, it’s
non-negotiable’ all that kind of language
will only make matters worse,” he said.