Muhammadu Buhari to “rein in your wild dogs of
disobedience”, after the Department of State Services (DSS)
rearrested the convener of #RevolutionNow movement,
Omoyele Sowore.
In a statement on Friday, Soyinka described Sowore’s
rearrest as a degradation of the judiciary.
“Only yesterday, in my commentary on the ongoing Sowore
saga, I pointed out the near-perfect similarity between plain
crude thuggery and the current rage of court disobedience.
Little did I suspect that the state children of disobedience
would aspire to the level of the African wild dogs on a pack
hunt,” Soyinka said.
“I apologize for underestimating the DSS capacity for the
unthinkable. I reiterate the nation’s concern, indeed alarm,
about the escalating degradation of the judiciary through
multiple means, of which disobedience of court orders is
fast becoming the norm.
“May I remind this government that disobedience calls to
disobedience, and that disobedience of the orders of the
constitutional repository of the moral authority of arbitration
– the judiciary – can only lead eventually to a people’s
disregard of the authority of other arms of civil society, a
state of desperation that is known, recognized and accepted
as – civil disobedience.
“It is so obvious – state disobedience leads eventually to
civil disobedience, piecemeal or through a collective
withdrawal of recognition of other structures of authority.
That way leads to chaos but – who set it in motion? As is
often the case, the state, unquestionably. Such a state bears
full responsibility for the ensuing social condition known as
anomie.
“It has become imperative and urgent to send this message
to President-General Buhari: Rein in your wild dogs of
disobedience. And for a start, get a trainer to teach them
some basic court manners!”
On Friday, DSS operatives rearrested Sowore and Olawale
Bakare at the federal high court in Abuja, less than 24 hours
after they were released on the order of the court.
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