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Rev. Fr. Kelvin Ugwu, a Catholic missionary priest in the Gambia, has denounced famous author Wole Soyinka for what he sees as his quiet during President Bola Tinubu’s reign.
In a Facebook post titled “Prof Soyinka then vs. Prof Soyinka now,” he accused the Nobel laureate of declining to speak out when President Muhammadu Buhari took office and of being completely silent during Tinubu’s administration.
According to Ugwu, Soyinka was vocal throughout the administrations of former presidents Olusegun Obasanjo and Goodluck Jonathan, calling himself a “movement” and “social crusader” who publicly criticized the abuses of the government.
Then came Tinubu, a man whose identity is unclear and whose academic credentials are in doubt, he claimed. During his two years in office, he has caused Nigeria to incur more debt and its citizens to live in multifaceted poverty.
Under Tinubu’s leadership, Soyinka, who was once a well-known voice for the people, “suddenly became deaf and dumb,” he bemoaned, wondering what might have caused the shift.
The Nobel laureate had criticized previous Yoruba leaders, including Obasanjo, according to Ugwu, who also rejected claims that Soyinka’s quiet was motivated by ethnic devotion.
With the amusing remark that “if this is what people mean by juju, then juju is powerful,” he further implied that Tinubu’s impact over critics might be incomprehensible.