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I am disturbed for instance when I read that a candidate said, 'I will not probe anybody or something like that'. You don't fight corruption by sweeping everything under the carpet, you don't.

Wole Soyinka

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Wole Soyinka
Age: 90
Born: 1934
Born: July 13
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