Nobel Laureate, Prof Wole Soyinka, has denied news making the rounds that he paid tribute to the winner of the All Progressives Congress (APC) primary election, Ahmed Bola Tinubu.
In a statement titled, ‘I did not pay tribute to Tinubu- Soyinka’, issued by his spokesman, Abiola Owoaje, on Friday, he described the statement as the ‘handiwork of indolent identity thieves’.
A part of the statement said, “The literary luminary reiterated his position on the 2023 elections and the issues surrounding it, noting that he has no business meddling in the struggle for power by political parties in the country.
“Soyinka enjoins the general public to be on alert to the antics of faceless cowards spreading falsehood, adding that they should not partake in the despicable action of the authors by spreading the cocktail of lies.”
A tribute titled, ‘Prof Wole Soyinka’s tribute to Sen Asiwaju Tinubu’, purportedly written by Soyinka eulogising Tinubu on his political accomplishments, had gone viral on various social media platforms few days ago.
The elder statesman had, earlier in the year, also dismissed a social media post endorsing Tinubu for the 2023 Presidency maintaining that he did not operate or own social media accounts.
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