‘Civil and criminal law knowledge should tell Soyinka to ask his cousin, OBJ for the murder’
A former governor of Osun State, Iyiola Omisore, has lambasted Nobel Laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka over a comment on his recent position as the National Secretary to the All Progressives Congress (APC).
Omisore who called on Soyinka to ask former President Olusegun Obasanjo about the Bola Ige’s murder lamented that a decade after the Bola Ige murder case, Wole Soyinka, still referred to him as a prime suspect, despite being cleared by the court, according to The Nigeria Lawyer.
He said it was curious that Soyinka, who accused the Obasanjo government of complicity in Ige’s death when he described the government ‘as a nest of killers,’ could now describe him as a suspect in 2022.
Soyinka in a statement at the weekend had said Omisore’s endorsement as APC Secretary by President Muhammadu Buhari would tamper with judicial inquiries into Ige’s death because he remains a ‘prime suspect’ in the murder case.
Taking exception to the eminent scholar’s statement, Omisore said “it is an unnecessary propaganda some drowning politicians are trying to spread.”
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The National Secretary also threatened to sue a political group in Osun APC for fabrication and defamation.
Omisore, also a former Senator, said “as brilliant as Prof. Soyinka is, he, no doubt, has a monopoly of knowledge.
In a statement by his office, Omisore said: “If the court of the land has vindicated a man, it is naive of him after nearly a decade to link Senator Iyiola Omisore to further search.
He added that “civil and criminal law knowledge should tell the professor to ask his cousin, OBJ for the murder.”
“The world is aware of the framing of Senator Iyiola Omisore and his travails and trials facing murder charges and his subsequent acquittal and discharge, almost a decade ago by a competent court of the land.
