Nobel laureate, Wole Soyinka, has urged President Bola Tinubu to revisit unresolved cases of assassinations and extrajudicial killings to restore public confidence in Nigeria’s justice system.
Mr Soyinka, a professor, made the call on Friday in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, during the 28th Wole Soyinka Lecture organised by the National Association of Seadogs (Pirates Confraternity).
The lecture, themed “Reclaiming the Nigerian State through Accountability, Justice and Civic Courage,” also marked the association’s annual Martyrs’ Day.
Mr Soyinka said Nigeria has a long history of unconstitutional arrests, unlawful detention, unresolved assassinations and extrajudicial killings.
He lamented that successive governments had failed to deliver justice for victims and their families.
