Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie (file photo)
‘At last, not a debate, but an honest contribution to the on-going debate in Nigeria: Shall we allow the forces of evil to continue tormenting this country?’
By Valentine Obienyem
As a well-trained child, Chimamanda would not, like most of us, agree to debate a Soyinka, who is like a father to all of us.
In her own case, they enjoy extra epistolary fraternity.
The foregoing reminds me of a youth at a meeting with his father. They were seated with others in a circular form.
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He said something his father understood as disagreeable. Infuriated, his father slapped him.
Not knowing how to respond, the son slapped the next person to him. The ritual went round and ended in his father’s cheek.
At last, not a debate, but an honest contribution to the on-going debate in Nigeria: Shall we allow the forces of evil to continue tormenting this country? The judiciary is an essential part of this on-going debate. Obienyem is Lawyer and public affairs analyst based in Awka, Anambra State.
