Nobel Laureate, Professor, Wole Soyinka has recommended jail term for anyone caught or found guilty of corruption, saying such a person should be made to face the full wrath of the law.
Soyinka spoke in Abeokuta, while addressing 82 students who participated in this years’ edition of the Wole Soyinka International Cultural Exchange programme held to mark his 82 years birthday.
While speaking on the theme of the event which is “Corruption: A battle for the Arts,” Soyinka enjoined creative writers and artistes to use their works to fight corruption. He called on all stakeholders across the nation to join hands in the fight against corruption and other related crimes saying it was a battle for everybody.
The Nobel Laureate said the nation must be returned to its past glory where anybody found to be corrupt in the society was ashamed to walk freely. While suggesting a way out of the corruption menace which, he said, had eaten deep into the fabrics of the nation, Prof. Soyinka said, “anybody caught or found to be guilty should be made to face the full wrath of the law.”
Explaining on the rationale behind the theme, he said “yes, it is a battle for everybody and definitely the arts must be in front as usual. Not just the arts, the theologians, the moralists, the philosophers, the architects, builders etc, It is everybody’s work. The law, NBA, everybody is involved , even including you (journalists). On the way forward, Soyinka said “there is only one way for corrupt people; it ends in prison. It ends in Ibara, Oba or Kirikiri.” E
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