Nobel laureate, Prof Wole Soyinka has distanced himself from a post that quotes him as endorsing the presidential ambition of the National leader of the All progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Tinubu.
The alleged endorsement with pictures of Soyinka and Tinubu went viral on Wednesday after the former Lagos State Governor publicly declared his intention to run for the office of president.
The post which first trended in 2021 quoted Soyinka as saying that, “I have never involved myself in politics or campaign for any politician but in 2023 I will be involved in politics and campaign for a longtime friend in 1993 NADECO struggle.”
Dismissing the post in a statement titled, ‘Season of Fakery Galore,” on Wednesday, Soyinka denied the endorsement as fake news urging the public to disregard the viral quote.
The Nobel laureate described the authors as illiterate public interlopers who lacked courage of their convictions and must steal the identities of their betters.
According to him, “Here we go again. The same boring, illiterate public interlopers who lack the courage of their conviction and must steal the identities of their betters. One can only hope that the public has learnt to identify Fake News and join in the urgent task of exposing and disgracing these despicable touts.
“For the avoidance of doubt, I have not even thought 2023, much less inserted candidates into coveted positions. The signature of this latest moron is familiar – he or she does not even know the difference between ‘Laureate and Laurel.’
“This is an ancient forgery being recycled for the umpteenth time. Those who pass it round do themselves and their recipients a disservice. Find something worthwhile to occupy your time.
“In any case, we have no business with politics in the land of the dead, and the most recent information I have on me is that I died sometime last year. The email account of the year’s Nobel ‘Laurel”‘ was hacked by these same agents to publicise my demise, so who is this still politicking WS ‘Laurel’?”
Soyinka was awarded the 1986 Nobel Prize in Literature, the first sub-Saharan African to be honoured in that category”
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