Nobel Laureate, Professor Wole Soyinka, has dismissed a claim on his endorsement of the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Ahmed Tinubu.
The playwright dismissed the claim while reacting to comments credited to him on the former Lagos State governor on social media.
Recall that it was reported that Soyinka used harsh words to describe ex-President Olusegun Obasanjo and the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar, in a social media post which read: “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.”
However, in a recent statement, the Nobel Laureate revealed he never made such comments at any time.
The statement read: “Prof. Soyinka did NOT at any time or on any occasion issue such a statement. It is simply the works of peddlers of fake news and falsehood, who profit from misinformation to gain political advantages.
“The media and members of the public are advised to ignore the message or any other political message that addresses or targets any political party or political actor.”
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