The Centenary award was rejected by The Kuti's, wole soyinka and the Fawehinmi's

The Kuti's ,Wole Soyinka and the
Fawehinmi's recently rejected the
Centenary awards for various reasons.
Professor Wole Soyinka said that: "I
would have preferred that the entire day
of infamy be ignored altogether. I'm
even thinking favourably of just ignoring
the obscenity, then turning up at the
counter-event."

The family of late Afro Beat legend
and human activists Fela Anikulapo-Kuti,
via femi said the family would not honour
the awards unless the government first
of all apologies for the murder of their
grandmother and the burning down of
their father's house Kalakuta
Republic…….The apologies never came.
The family of Late human activist and
lawyer Chief Gain Fawehinmi, also
rejected the award because of the
inclusion of the former Nigeria head of
state Ibrahim Babangida.....amongst
other reasons stated.

Each time prominent citizens reject
awards, they point to cause of protest,
and use the publicity of that rejection to
further strengthen the message of their
campaign,however the excuses from the
above mentioned rejections seem to be
personal and do not point towards any
message....well,i may be wrong.
Soyinka rejected the award on his own
behalf but do you think the other two
were right in rejecting the awards on
behalf of the dead?