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| Prof. Wole Soyinka |
Nobel laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka, says until corrupt Nigerian leaders start getting
jailed, the war against corruption will never be won.
Soyinka said this in Abuja on Monday at the 8th Commonwealth
Regional Conference for Heads of Anti-Corruption Agencies in Africa.
The playwright said he recently visited the new head office
of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission which will be inaugurated this
week.
He said on arrival at the building, he specifically asked
the acting Chairman of the EFCC, Mr. Ibrahim Magu, to take him to the VIP (Very
Important Person) section of the detention facility but was delighted to hear
that all suspects were treated equally.
Soyinka said, “That we have been bled dry in this nation by
corrupt leadership and their agencies is nothing to reiterate. It is a given.
And I took the trouble yesterday to visit the headquarters of the EFCC. I
wanted to see what would be the mode of hospitality of some of our leaders who
will surely, sooner or later, pass through the doors of that beautiful
building.
“I am not a vengeful person but I think until we ensure that
some of our leaders pass through those doors, this struggle against corruption
in this country will not be won, will not be over.
“And so, I spoke to Magu and I said I want to see where the
presidential wing is. I said as a human rights person, I want to make sure you
treat them right when they come here and he said ‘sorry it is an egalitarian
institution, and I said I would take that message back to them that they should
get ready to go down a little bit in status when the time comes and justice
catches up with them.”
The Nobel laureate said for now, the responsibility of
anti-corruption agencies should be to recover the rest of Nigeria’s stolen
funds which could be used in developing the nation.
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