How To Be A Lady’– Soyinka Advises Dame Patience  Nobel Laureate, Prof Wole Soyinka was left fuming at the Presidency and the first family yesterday for the pernicious roles he perceives they are playing in the Rivers State mayhem. He addressed a press conference on the state of the nation yesterday alongside legal luminary, Femi Falana. Soyinka all but scoffed at the Presidency’s denial of its complicity in the Rivers State drama and questioned the first lady’s role in the Rivers macabre dance of shame. “The perception out there in the world is that he (Jonathan) bears a vicarious liability with what is happening in Rivers State,” he said. He also said Mrs Jonathan was “getting away with murder because she has the backing of her husband.” To President Jonathan, he had a few words: “Please curb the excesses of your wife. Too much is too much. The vulgarity has become intolerable. We have now reached the bottom of obscenity and it’s got to stop.” “Patience Jonathan”, he noted, “cannot be a First Lady without first learning how to be a lady.” He berated the President for taking events lightly even when it was obvious democracy was under threat in Rivers State and asked for the State Police Commissioner in Rivers State to be recalled for taking sides; “We’re sitting down here, pretending nothing is happening. The democratic ground on which we are supposed to stand is being eroded. Are we waiting for a smoke bomb to be thrown into the Governor’s Lodge before we take action?” he asked rhetorically. He described events panning out in Rivers State as “insulting” and “condescending”. “I feel, as a citizen, personally insulted. So I wonder what we have done to deserve this level of governmental banality. What is happening in Rivers is only a variation of our old familiar theme,” he raged. Mr Falana was just as scathing in his remarks: “Why hasn’t the President issued a directive as the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces for the security forces to restore order in Rivers State?” he asked. “We are calling on the Inspector-General of Police to begin enforcing the Police Code of Conduct fully and by removing the Rivers Commissioner of Police Joseph Mbu without further delay. He has treated the court of law and the Code of Conduct of the Police with contempt. He should be sanctioned by the Police Service Commission,” Falana noted.
Posted on: Sat, 13 Jul 2013 07:53:30 +0000
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