Sadiq Abacha writes Soyinka, labels him 'a coward'

Sadiq Abacha, one of the sons of the late dictator has reacted to Professor Soyinka letter of rejection of the centenary awards, where the Nobel laureate said it is an insult for him to share an award with Abacha, whom , he refereed to as a thief and murder.

"Sir, I believe brilliance is not perfection. I have grown and watched you criticize regime after regime and at that young and naive age I was thinking why wouldn't this man just contest to be president so that Nigeria can be saved, I would have defiantly voted for Mr Soyinka if it would have brought an end to Nigeria's woes. To my utter surprise, I heard about your FRSC leadership and how funds were misused and a great deal of it unaccounted for. "Oh my God! In the end he turned out to be just the same as everybody else" were my next thoughts. My hopes for you, all ended up in great disappointment!".

Read the full letter here

His sister, Gumsu, also berated Soyinka for insulting their father, saying the Ake-born writer is stupid, foolish and irrelevant with his comment.