Nigeria’s Nobel laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka, has renewed call for the release of detained journalist, Agba Jalingo by the Department of State Security Services, SSS.
Mr Soyinka made the call on the sidelines of the 50th anniversary of the country’s Civil War with the theme: ‘Nigerian Civil War: 50 years after’.
According to him, the continued incarceration of Mr Jalingo was unjustifiable.
Also speaking, Prof. Pat Utomi urged Nigerians to reflect on the issues that led to the Civil War and address these issues.
Mr Utomi said: “War is a horrible experience. I have read about it, I have experienced it and I have watched it in the movies.”
On his part, the pioneer Chairman of the Nigeria Economic Summit Group, NESG, Prof. Anya O. Anya called on Nigerians to eschew violence as a nation and work collaboratively to make Nigeria great.
According to him: “Nigeria situation is not unique. Other countries have gone through same. We as a country must learn from other countries that have survived from the horror of war.
“Germany fought a war and lost, same as Japan. But 30 years after, Germany became one of the best economy in the world, same and Japan, until the advent of China. Losing does not make you a failure.
“We as a country must eschew violence, as it will not provide the answer to our current situation.
“There is a say which goes like this, those who live by the sword, die by the sword. This is a new year and a new opportunity for Nigeria to make this right once again,” he added.
