United States should stop laughing at Nigeria if they wont help us

 According to Soyinka, "I want to appeal to the Americans to please stop laughing at us. They should stop ridiculing this nation. The government claimed that it asked for cobra helicopters.

"The government of Jonathan asked for little weapons to destroy the enemies. We are in a situation of destroy or to be destroyed. They asked for the weapons even for self defence, I think the Americans should not boast of what they have done to supply assistance to vulnerable affected households.

"All are laudable and nobody is in disagreement with them. These are necessities. But this is not the response I expect to the situation of war. This nation is at war. And this nation is asking for certain forms of assistance.

"Please United States of America, could you please overlook the arithmetical deficiency of governance and stop giving an excuse to this government for failing to protect us. Please just say that you will not supply arms to Nigeria and leave it at that.

"Don’t say that you sent other things, that is not the issue at this critical time in Nigeria.''

Soyinka, who also came hard on President Goodluck Jonathan’s administration  condemned his governance style   over recent political happenings in the country, lamenting that governance had degenerated to a level where a uniformed officer can act above the law, citing the instance where governors of other states were barred from entering Ekiti State by policemen during the recent governorship election.

"The people must decide whether to submit or to resist. We may be no count plebeians in the sight of the new born patricians of Aso Rock and their apologists but must we revert to the Abacharian status of glorified slaves? Of course it is up to any people to decide. The praetorian guards have been let loose to teach the rabble their place. The recent choice of a new leader for the guard was clearly no accident, and this hitherto enforcer has wasted no time in inaugurating a season of brutish power.

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