Nobel laureate, Professor Wole Soyinka, Wednesday, stated that he will not destroy his United States’ residency permit just yet; while he warned that the victory of Donald Trump in the U.S. presidential race could jeopardize U.S. support in Nigeria’s fight against Boko Haram.
In an interview with Newsweek, Soyinka stated that Trump’s ‘bunker mentality’ could see the U.S. withdraw support for counter-terrorism operations in West Africa.
Following the announcement of Trump’s victory, Nigerians took to social media to question Soyinka about whether he would honour his pledge.
“Why don’t we wait until Trump actually takes office? I am just going about my normal commitments, but definitely not getting into any more commitments. Let’s put it that way for now,” he said.
According to the report, under the administration of Barack Obama, the U.S. has provided financial support and military training to West African countries fighting Boko Haram.
The U.S., it said, provided $71 million worth of equipment, logistics and training to five countries—Nigeria, Cameroon, Chad, Niger, and Benin—that together formed a joint task force in 2015 to fight the militants, according to a February fact sheet from the U.S. State Department.
Obama also approved the deployment of up to 300 U.S. military personnel to Cameroon in October 2015 to carry out intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance operations in the region.
“One should expect that level of collaboration to diminish. Trump’s mentality is one of, ‘What are we doing there? What business do we have over there?’” Soyinka stated.
“I foresee Trump dismissing that kind of expectation offhand and closing in, shrinking, becoming smaller in terms of the U.S.’s presence in other parts of the world,” he added.
The report said Soyinka is based between Nigeria and the U.S., where he is affiliated to several universities.
Source: Vanguard
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CAN WOLE SOYINKA CUT UP HIS GREEN CARD? CHEEP TALK.LET HIM GO AHEAD.HE SHOULD PRAY DONALD TRUMP DOESN'T TAKE IT BY FORCE FEROM HIM.
this man no be man koraaa, i remember saying he should start tearing it and now he don change his sentence ajeiiiiii, nse,keka nkoaaa
Many NPP people PROCLAIMED that Atta-Mills would NEVER win the elections and become president of Ghana. Well HE DID. Today many NDC people are also proclaiming Akufo-Addo would NEVER win the elections and become president of Ghana. We are all waiting. Wole Soyinka also promised to cut up his green card and "get on the next available plane" out of America. Today he is dilly dallying. BEWARE OF POLITICAL TALK.
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