Nobel Laureate Prof Wole Soyinka has said with the New York court convicting former President Donald Trump of unethical business practices, he may reapply for his permanent resident permit.
At the peak of Trumpâs tenure as president, the world-renowned writer publicly tore his permanent resident card and said he was no longer interested in the country.
On Thursday, Trump became the first former American president to be convicted of felony crimes as a New York jury found him guilty of all 34 charges in a scheme to illegally influence the 2016 election through a hush money payment to a porn actor who said the two had sex.
He said the verdict was a sign that impunity cannot last forever.
The statement by Soyinka entitled âThe Trump Verdictâ reads:
âFor millions in anguished parts of the world, certainly for us in vast swathes of the African continent, this is daybreak on a new democratic promise. The warning is clear. Sooner or later, the clamour of equity breaks down the stoutest gates on guard across the citadel of impunity,
The Trump debacle is a challenge also, a call to preparedness and steadfastness. Installed and putative fascisms â secular, military or theocratic – will extract from this only the wrong lessons, batten down and âcrack downâ in self-protection. It is âNot yet Uhuruâ, not anywhere close for humanity in our global village. Nonetheless, a celebration, albeit in a minor key, is justified.â
