Prof. Soyinka
Nobel laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka has been dragged on social media for his remarks on the supporters of the Labour Party (LP) presidential candidate, Peter Obi.
Prof Soyinka, in a statement titled, “Media responsibility,’’ on Tuesday, had said he warned the LP flag-bearer on “excesses” of his supporters, otherwise known as ‘Obidients’.
“My rejection of fascism is nothing new. On three occasions, I was able to send a message to Peter Obi that if he lost the election, it would be his followers who lost it for him.
“It was depressing to watch his lieutenant, a crucially positioned voice of a movement that has ‘broken the mould’, threaten the totality of social existence,” Soyinka was quoted as saying.
Reacting, some Nigerians have since taken to social media to knock the literary icon over the statement credited to him.
Below are some of the reactions gathered by TRIBUNE ONLINE:
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