While many intelligent Nigerians were doubtful about the credibility of an online post where Professor Wole Soyinka was said to have paid tribute to Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, the All Progressives Congress (APC) flag bearer in the just concluded presidential primary election of the party, Nobel laureate, Professor Wole Soyinka, has debunked the claims that he paid such tribute to Tinubu, in the online article making fast wave on WhatsApp.
Soyinka, who described the trending WhatsApp post as the “handiwork of indolent identity thieves, whose preoccupation is to deceive the general public with phoney social media posts to gain prominence”, also emphasized in the statement released by his spokesman, Abiola Owoaje, that, “he does not operate or own social media accounts.”
The Abeokuta born 87 years old Professor Soyinka, again affirmed that, “he has no business meddling in the struggle for power by political parties in the country” even ahead of the 2023 general elections.
Soyinka therefore, “enjoined the general public, to be on alert to the antics of faceless cowards, spreading falsehood.”
The online article titled: “Prof. Wole Soyinka’s tribute to Sen. Asiwaju Tinubu” posted by a mischievous individual, who wore the identity of Professor Soyinka, reads:
“I do not admire Tinubu
because he is a saint.
I do not admire Tinubu
because he is from the south
I do not admire Tinubu
because he is a Yoruba
If I want saints, I will proceed to
heaven not on earth
Every human is fallible
“I admire Tinubu
because:
He saved Nigeria from the
danger of falling into
“one party state”
“He has nurtured many renowned National successors
He listened to the voice of the masses to surrender his personal ambition at the most critical moment
He strategically terminated
PDP 60 years life span in 16
years
“The robust critic and critique
we are enjoying today is
because Tinubu aligned
himself to the masses to return
the power to them
“Tinubu has the option of
joining the PDP elites to hold
us hostage for another decade
but he gave his all to the
masses to dethrone the elites.
“Political juveniles believed that
APC won because of the votes
from the North. No!!!
“APC victory was cemented the
day PMB and Asiwaju resolved
to work together
Asiwaju and PMB almost
became a Nomadic by visiting
every human that can help
midwife Nigeria salvation
“Those Nomadic Almajiri walk
later brought salvation to us
God willing, PMB is the
President of the Federal
Republic of Nigeria
“Anybody, any cabal, any Viju
milk activist, attempting to
humiliate Asiwaju must have
me to contend with
“An average PDP man is sad
with Asiwaju because he
brought them to their kneels
“If anyone thinks that bringing
down Asiwaju is his project,
that mission will not only crash
but it will boomerang
Don’t tell me he is
overbearing,
Your
“underbearing” mentors
were nowhere to be found
when this Country was lying
critically at the intensive care
of the universe
Recall my first line
Asiwaju is not a saint.
“Stop demonising what you
admire out of envy
Even your mentors admire him.
He owns Lagos! I hear you!
Ask your grand father and
parents how they acquired
your so called “family land”. Is
it God that allocated it to
them?
“You are terrorizing your
neighbours and village with
your kpof-kpof kobo kobo yet
you criticise a man that is
naturally addicted to
technocrats irrespective of
their tribe or Religion.
“Hmmmmm. I don talk am 000,
Asiwaju is not a political
office holder 0000. Please let
him be
He is evil, I agreed, but we
need more of him than that
your saintly specie.
“Dear Asiwaju, “the gentle
stride of a tiger is not a
symbol of a cowardice”
.. Prof. Wole Soyinka.