Anthony Iwuoma
Newly-installed National Secretary of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Sen. Iyiola Omisore, has expressed displeasure with Nobel Laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka, for referring to him as a prime suspect in the murder of Chief Bola Ige, despite being cleared by the court.
Prof. Soyinka had, in a statement, frowned at the emergence of Omisore as the APC scribe, saying being a prime suspect in the murder case, it would interfere with the judicial inquiries into Ige’s death.
However, Omisore, a former deputy governor of Osun State, wondered why Soyinka, who accused the Obasanjo Government of complicity in Ige’s death when he described the government ‘as a nest of killers’, could describe him as a ‘prime suspect’ in 2022.
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Voicing his displeasure with the statement, Omisore described it as a ‘needless propaganda’.
“If the court of the land has vindicated a man, it is naive of him after nearly a decade to link Senator Iyiola Omisore to further search. Civil and criminal law knowledge should tell professor to ask his cousin, OBJ for the murder.
“The world is aware of the framing of Senator Iyiola Omisore and his travails and trials facing murder charges and his subsequent acquittal and discharge, almost a decade ago by a competent court of the land.
“So, how come any man, can still refer to him as a possible suspect? The Prof is very wrong to say all that. It takes wickedness to spread the statements.
“It is part of history and we are not too young, when we read of him, that professor too carried a gun into a Radio station; a criminal offense against the state. Yet, we continue to honour him,” Omisore said.
The APC scribe urged the octogenarian Laurette to give politics a wide berth.
Omisore continued, “So, at 88, it’s better for him to stay clear of politics and not allow drowning politicians to use him to fight a cause he knows nothing about. It is a subtle warning to the respected Nobel Laureate.”
Omisore recalled that he and other accused were tried for two and half years and later discharged and acquitted by the court.
Omisore further said: “The recent volte face of Soyinka on the Bola Ige matter gives one a cause for concern. First, I was not a member of cabinet in Obasanjo’s government and second, a court of competent jurisdiction had set me and others free after a grueling two and half years trial with N2 billion damages awarded still unpaid by the state government.
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“Besides, why has Omisore/Bola Ige matter become an issue of campaigns and elections deliberately used by Omisore’s opponents to undermine his influence?
“Or, are some people who are worried by the erudite and strong personality and capacity of Omisore as National Secretary using Soyinka to settle scores or pursue their political ambitions?
“Politics is a game and an avenue to serve and the Nobel Laureate can throw his hat in the ring if he so wishes instead of making unsubstantiated claims and causing confusion here and there, acts, that don’t befit his international recognition as an elder and statesman.”
While threatening to sue a political group in Osun APC for defaming him, Omisore the matter was a mere propaganda orchestrated by “drowning politicians” against him.
Chief Bola Ige, a former governor and then Chief law officer, was assassinated in his Ibadan home under mysterious circumstances that still remain unresolved.
