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Nobel laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka, said he warned the presidential candidate of the Labour Party, LP, Peter Obi on excesses of the his supporters, otherwise known as \u2018Obidients.\u2019<\/p>\n

Soyinka, stated this in a statement titled, \u201cMedia responsibility,\u2019\u2019 on Tuesday.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, the elder statesman said his recent interview with Channels Television was misrepresented, with his remarks rendered unrecognisable.<\/p>\n

The TV station had aired a one and half-hour interview with Soyinka a week ago on Monday.<\/p>\n

He maintained that his rejection of fascism wasn\u2019t new and that on three occasions, he was able to send a message to Obi, that, if he lost the election, it would be his followers who lost it for him.<\/p>\n

\nHe stated, \u201cWhat I have read \u2013 at least, thus far \u2013 this morning, extracted from a one-and-a-half long interview, conducted a week ago with Channels Television, brings once more to the fore, the critical responsibility of the media in transmitting the spoken, even recorded \u2013 word to the public.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is especially crucial in a time of civic uncertainty. When remarks are taken out of context, spliced into a new one, provided a sensational headline, distortions become stamped on public receptivity, and the central intent of one\u2019s remarks becomes completely unrecognisable.<\/p>\n

\u201cI denounced the menacing utterances of a vice-presidential aspirant as unbecoming. It was a gladiatorial challenge directed at the judiciary and, by implication, the rest of the democratic polity.<\/p>\n

\u201cBut what on earth has happened to my even more urgent condemnation of the physical violence inflicted on those designated \u201cstrangers\u201d in Lagos in the lead up to, and during governorship elections?<\/p>\n

\u201cThis prejudicial selectivity is a betrayal of trust, and I find it contemptuous of public deserving. My critique of incipient fascism in the movement remains grounded in indisputable evidence.\u201d<\/p>\n

Soyinka stated that throughout the interview, he continued to stress that the final word had yet to be pronounced on the elections \u2013 \u201cthat omission renders the full message tendentious!\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cMy rejection of fascism is nothing new. On three occasions, I was able to send a message to Peter Obi that if he lost the election, it would be his followers who lost it for him. It was depressing to watch his lieutenant, a crucially positioned voice of a movement that has \u2018broken the mould\u2019, threaten the totality of social existence.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhatever our ideological leaning, is Donald Trump the ideal template for a burgeoning democracy in the nation?\u201d<\/p>\n

He stated that he also remained concerned by the alleged complaint by him of people not following \u201cinstructions.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cIf words are garbled in recording, the speaker can be reached for clarification \u2013 else, simply leave out the unclear section completely to avoid misrepresentation. After all, piecemeal transmission is legitimate proceeding, as long as a part is not presented as the whole.<\/p>\n

\u201cI am not a member of the Labour Party, so how can giving \u2018instructions\u2019 become my role? Like a number of others, I have admittedly contributed to the making of this moment \u2013 going back several years \u2013 and it is painful to have the followers of such a movement, send it slithering backwards and down the fascistic slope, \u201d Soyinka said.<\/p>\n

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