By Davies Iheamnachor
Nobel Laureate Professor Wole Soyinka has called on President Bola Tinubu to end all forms of extrajudicial killings by State actors, adding that the silence of residents also worsen the situation.
This was as Soyinka dedicated his 2026 public lecture to the victims of Nigeria’s extrajudicial killings and state excesses, declaring that the nation’s greatest failure is not only the murders but the collective silence that allows killers to walk free.
Soyinka, who made the remarks at the 28th Wole Soyinka Lectures which held in Port Harcourt with the theme “Reclaiming the Nigerian State through Accountability, Justice and Civic Courage” noted that the inactions of the masses towards State excesses fuels more human right abuses and infringements.
Through his remarks, he said, he was paying honour to those who had lost their lives because of the state’s deficiencies which has led to the devaluation of human life.
