Despite the great carnage Nigeria has
suffered at the hands of the radical Islamist group Boko Haram, Nobel
Laureate, Wole Soyinka says the insurgency has served to unite Nigerians
making the country’s break-up even less likely.
Speaking to the international news
organisation, Reuters at his home in Abeokuta, Ogun State. Soyinka said
the horrors inflicted by the militants had shown Nigerians across the
country that sticking together might be the only way to avoid even
greater sectarian slaughter.
“We have never been confronted with
butchery on this scale, even during the civil war. I think ironically
it’s less likely now. For the first time, a sense of belonging is
predominating. It’s either we stick together now or we break up, and we
know it would be not in a pleasant way,” Soyinka said.
Do you agree with Professor Soyinka’s position on the Boko Haram effect?