Professor Wole Soyinka, a Nobel laureate, has denied a social media post that claimed he had endorsed Bola Tinubu, the APC’s presidential candidate in the upcoming general election in Nigeria
The senior statesman allegedly used unkind words to characterize ex-President Olusegun Obasanjo and presidential candidate Atiku Abubakar of the Peoples Democratic Party in the social media post.
In his post which was alleged to have pointed towards endorsing the APC presidential candidate, Bola Tinubu thus read as follows: “Quote me anywhere, Nigerians don’t need the likes of Atiku and Obasanjo to lead them again. We have tested the two: Atiku is corrupt and Obasanjo is a liar. Both of them are greedy and self-centered…”
“Anybody, any cabal, any Viju milk activist, attempting to humiliate Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu must have me to contend with. An average PDP man is angry with Asiwaju because he brought them to their knees. If anyone thinks that bringing down Asiwaju is his project, that mission will not only crash but will boomerang. He owns Lagos! I hear you! Ask your grandfather and parents how they acquired your so-called family land. Is it God that allocated it to them?”
However, Professor Wole Soyinka responded to the piece by saying, “Professor Soyinka did NOT at any time or on any occasion issue such a comment,” in an email to our correspondent on Sunday. It is merely the creation of purveyors of false information who exploit misinformation to advance their political agendas.