Nigerian Police Arrest Nobel Laureate Wole Soyinka

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Sat May 15, 3:48 PM ET

By DULUE MBACHU, Associated Press Writer

LAGOS, Nigeria - Police fired tear gas and arrested dozens, including the Nobel laureate Wole Soyinka, during an anti-government protest Saturday in Nigeria's commercial capital.


Soyinka, an outspoken opponent of previous military regimes, is also a vocal critic of President Olusegun Obasanjo's civilian government, describing Nigeria as an anarchic state in which normal government functions have been upended.


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Soyinka, 69, won the 1986 Nobel Prize for literature for his autobiographical books, poems and plays depicting the brutality and chaos of life under military rule.

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Soyinka was released without charge after being detained for an hour, police assistant superintendent Yinka Adeleke said. Police also released an unknown number of other activists from a Lagos police station.


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