- Nobel Laureate, Professor Wole Soyinka, has reacted to rumours regarding “comment on the northern denomination of Nigeria”
- In a statement, he signed personally on Monday, January 23rd, 2023, the professor of literature disclosed he never made such a comment
- The literary icon noted further that the essay attributed to him belonged to the “sharp practices of Internet trolls” with their own negative agenda
On Monday, January 23rd, Nobel Laureate, Professor Wole Soyinka, debunked a quote on northern hegemony attributed to him by a former Director General (DG) of the Nigerian Institute of International Affairs (NIIA), Prof. Bola Akinterinwa, a report by The Guardian confirmed.
Soyinka maintained that the former DG had fallen victim “to Nigeria’s fake attribution industry which has now attained hideous social dimensions.”
