Wole Soyinka is extremely angry just like the rest of us over the new sex bill the Senate just passed. They set age of consent to 12 and the bill was sponsored by Sen. Ahmed Yerima. Really who wants their 12 year old daughter to be sexually active. Yerima's argument was that it will be discriminatory to the Muslims if the age is set beyond 12. However Wole Soyinka in his letter of apology for his absence to an event to celebrate democracy day and the remembrance of Late MKO Abiola, he addressed the issue. I have lighted the bit he spoke about Sen. Yerima.
Dear Friends and Comrades,
Regretfully, I am unable to be with you tomorrow morning. However, I extend a warm embrace to you in your resolve to keep within Nigeria’s short memory the events that have been central to the attainment of our democracy – warts and all – enjoyed today by you and me. June 12 remains the true Democracy Day despite the unprincipled efforts of some prime beneficiaries of that struggle to expunge it from a people’s chronicle.
