Jonathan worse than Nebuchadnezzar -Soyinka

Nobel Laureate, Prof Wole Soyinka, says President
Goodluck Jonathan is worse than neo-Babylonian king,
Nebuchadnezzar, describing Jonathan as a President that
embraces impunity.
Soyinka at a press conference in Lagos on Tuesday
blamed Jonathan for the fracas at the National Assembly
in which lawmakers resorted to scaling the gate of the
Assembly complex in order to gain access to their chambers
after been prevented by the police.
He said although Jonathan was democratically elected, his
actions had proved that he was more of a dictator.
He said for instance, the split in Nigeria Governors’
Forum last year in which 16 governors had the final say
over 19 other governors showed that the President was
willing to do anything to achieve his political goals.
Soyinka said the barring of governors by policemen from
entering Ekiti State to campaign for former Governor
Kayode Fayemi in June showed that Jonathan was not
only a dictator but was encouraging impunity by
encouraging security agents to disrespect constituted
authority.
He also berated the Inspector General of Police, Mr.
Suleiman Abba, whom he said was appointed for the sole
purpose of achieving Jonathan’s selfish ambition.
He said it was unfortunate that Jonathan would order
policemen to prevent lawmakers from entering the National
Assembly on the same day that they were to meet to
discuss the extension of emergency rule in the Northeast.
He, however, commended the lawmakers for scaling the
gate, adding that by so doing, they were able to foil a
coup.
He said, “The act of scaling gates and walls to fulfil their
duty by the people must be set down as their finest hour.
They must be applauded, not derided. If shame belongs
anywhere, it belongs to the Inspector General of Police
and his lavish adherence to illegal and unconstitutional
instructions- to undermine a democratic structure, and
one- to make matters worse-convoked in response to an
emergency of dire concern.
“What sticks to this policeman (Abba) is worse than shame,
it is infamy. Such a public servant deserves to be publicly
pilloried, tried and meted a punishment that is appropriate
to treasonable acts, if only to serve as a deterrent to others
in positions of responsibility under the law. To demand less
is to reduce ourselves below the status free citizens of a
free nation.
“For this latest outrage, one in an escalating series of
impunity, the buck stops yet again at the presidency and
that incumbent, Goodluck Ebele Jonathan, continues to
surprise us in ways that very few have conjectured.”