Nobel laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka has said he never broke into a radio station but sneaked in because the radio station was holding on to something that belonged to the people.
In 1965, Soyinka was said to have seized the Western Nigeria Broadcasting Service studio and broadcast a demand for the cancellation of the Western Nigeria Regional Elections.
Speaking while answering questions from children on his life experiences for the past 90 years, Prof. Soyinka said that he did not envisage living up to 90, adding that he decided to be a writer to correct some anomalies from stories he listened to while growing up.
On why he broke into a radio station during the military era, the Nobel Laureate said: “I never broke into a radio station, but sneaked in.”
According to him, “The radio station was holding on to something that belonged to the people, and I decided to retrieve it.”
“If that item had been played, it would have demoralized the people and established the culture of brutality,” he stated.
He further chided Nigerians for always critising the State but refused to examine themselves, noting that crimes like kidnapping and robbery, among others, were not because of poverty or inequality, but selfishness and the desire to live a luxury life.
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