Army stopped protesters in Ojota, and Block Ikorodu - Ojota Express road, Lagos during the 6th day nationwide peaceful protest on subsidy remover by Fed Govt of Nigeria.
Demanding immediate withdrawal of the soldiers, Soyinka described their deployment as "an intolerable act of provocation that has taken underhand advantage of the willingness of the people to negotiate and give the government a breathing space" and makes absolute nonsense of the Belgore machinery for resolution that was set up, even before it has commenced work.
"It has turned future dialogue into negotiation under the gun, which is nothing but a charade and will only be challenged at no distant date."
He urged Labour and Civil society to boycott further talks with the government until the soldiers were withdrawn.
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