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Africa-Press – Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>Prof. Wole Soyinka, Nobel Laureate and renowned playwright, has described the attack on St. Francis Catholic Church, Owo, Ondo State, where many worshippers were killed, as a message to the entire people of South-West.<\/p>\n

Soyinka while paying a condolence visit to Gov. Oluwarotimi Akeredolu on Friday said the terror attack was targeted at the governor who has been showing leadership in terms of internal liberation of his people.NAN reports.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe (governor) was targeted and there is no question about that.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was not an accident and it passed a message to the rest of us. That is why I\u2019m here. I want the governor to know that we have received the message.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe understand it and we came to sympathise with him that he was selected as a medium of that message,\u201c Soyinka said.<\/p>\n

Akeredolu thanked the Nobel laureate for the visit, saying that the state would remain hugely indebted to him.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt is a cause that he has dedicated his life to and I thank God for his life.<\/p>\n

The state wants to appreciate you for finding the time to come at this hour of grief.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is like a dagger drawn at our heart and it is an assault on the psyche of those of us in the South-West.<\/p>\n

\u201cI believe they think they can create some fears in us but they made a mistake as the attack will make us more fierce in our condemnation of their actions,\u201d Akeredolu noted<\/p>\n

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Africa-Press – Nigeria. Prof. Wole Soyinka, Nobel Laureate and renowned playwright, has described the attack on St. Francis Catholic Church, Owo, Ondo State, where many worshippers were killed, as a message to the entire people of South-West. Soyinka while paying a condolence visit to Gov. 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