HAVANA, Cuba, October 21 (acn) Nobel Literature Prize Winner, writer Wole Soyinka, reiterated in Abuja, the Nigerian capital, his absolute support of the cause of the Five Cuban anti-terrorist fighters unjustly imprisoned in US jails for 10 years.
The prestigious intellectual reaffirmed that all actions carried out in favor of the release of Gerardo Hernandez, Fernando Gonzalez, Rene Gonzalez, Ramon Labañino and Antonio Guerrero can count on his absolute support, and that his name can be used in all public actions performed for that purpose.
The Five were arrested in Miami on September 12, 1998, for having infiltrated groups that organized terrorist actions against the Cuban people.
Meanwhile, the Nigerian media have been reflecting the case of The Five over the last few weeks, under the titles “The USA, Terrorism and The Five Cubans” and “Pressure for the Release of the Five Heroes Increases”.
Abuja newspapers devoted a full page to the story of the five patriots, offering details of the biased trial, as well as on the world campaign in favor of their release.
Likewise, other newspapers of that African nation reproduced enlarged photographs of The Five, and the “Working People’s Vanguard” maintained a logo that read “Free the Five Now!”
Moreover, the national radio station “Voice of Nigeria”, broadcast the entire interview made on the issue with officials from the Cuban embassy.
