GIST: Anybody Found Guilty Of Corruption Should Be Sent To Jail – Soyinka

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.

He made the remark on Thursday in Abeokuta at the sideline of activities marking his 82 birthday as he played host to pupils from 82 secondary schools across the state, who participated in the Wole Soyinka Essay Competition titled, ‘Challenges or Not, You Must Love Your Country.’

The Nobel laureate called on all stakeholders across the nation to join hands in the fight against corruption.

The respected scholar said the nation must be returned to its place of honour and dignity where anybody found to be corrupt in the society should be ashamed to walk freely.

He said, “There is only one way for corrupt people; it ends in the prison. It ends in Ibara or Oba (prisons in Abeokuta) or Kirikiri(Lagos prison).

“Yes, it’s 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, it’s everybody’s work.

“The law, Nigeria Bar Association; everybody is involved, even including you (journalists).”

Soyinka while speaking on the theme of the event enjoined creative writers and artistes to use their work to fight corruption.