Presidency fires back at Soyinka over epic biblical illustration

The presidency has reacted to Wole Soyinka’s comparison
of the Goodluck Jonathan administration and the Biblical
King Nebuchadnezzar’s reign.
The Special Assistant to the President on Public Affairs,
Dr. Doyin Okupe, responded to Soyinka stating that his
alliance with the opposition All Progressives Congress
(APC), has clouded his judgement:
“It is quite saddening to note that Prof Wole had become
so close to the opposition party so much that he has
stopped giving appreciable and unbiased contribution to
national topics. Our eminent professor also sadly plays
the ostrich as he failed to reprimand Governor Amaechi,
who is the ‘national champion of impunity and official
recklessness’. The administration of President Goodluck
Jonathan prides itself as the most liberal, keeping faith
with adherence to rule of law and tolerance,” he stated .
Professor Wole Soyinka had, in a public statement, laid it
on the Jonathan administration accusing it of high-
handedness in the handling of several state issues including
the defection of the Speaker of the House of Assembly,
Hon. Aminu Waziri Tambuwal, to the opposition All
Progressives Congress (APC).