Nobel laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka, has restated his position that he would not vote for the All Progressives Congress and the Peoples Democratic Party in the upcoming presidential election, describing the two parties as same side of a coin.
Soyinka, who spoke at Citizen Forum 2019 in Lagos on Thursday, said neither the APC presidential candidate, President Muhammadu Buhari, nor his PDP challenger, former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, will get his vote in the February 16, 2019 presidential election.
He urged Nigerians never to lose hope in charting a new direction that will deliver the nation from a looming anarchy, adding that it is not too early to make a new beginning.
He said: “I, Wole Soyinka, will not support either of the two contesting parties and I vote them for absolute rejection.
“It is time for a total new direction.
“But things are going on in the background quietly to change the situation.
“I don’t believe in negative vote but in creative vote, which is a seed that will germinate.
“The pace of germination is beyond everyone.
“You must never be intimidated by crowd or rally.
“If you don’t begin you will not arrive.
“We must plant a seed, send a notice and you never know the pace it will germinate.
“Don’t let those past leaders mislead you all over again.
“Examine their motives.
“You must listen to the message and you must always interrogate the messenger.”