Prof. Soyinka made the call at the 50th anniversary lecture of PUNCH newspaper, themed: “Recovering the Narrative.”
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A former Commissioner for Tourism, Arts and Culture in Lagos State, Steve Ayorinde, is the curator.
He made the allegation in an interview on a Channels Television programme: “The Morning Brief,” on Wednesday.
So also did he carpet the EFCC boss, Ola Olukoyede, for saying only President Bola Tinubu can free Agunloye.
The opposition Labour Party LP has chided Nobel Laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka, for accusing it of an attempt to deceive Nigerians to believe that its Presidential candidate, Peter Obi, won the last Presidential poll.
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has poured encomiums on Nobel Laureate and elder statesman, Prof. Wole Soyinka, on his 89th birthday, describing him as a veritable source of support, inspiration and encouragement.
“I have already done it; I have disengaged (from the United States). I have done what I said I would do,” the 82-year-old said on the sidelines of an education conference at the University of Johannesburg, South Africa
The literary event, entitled: “An Evening with Wole Soyinka and Nigeria’s Young Literary Stars,” is scheduled for next Friday at the Convention Centre of Eko Hotel & Suites, Victoria Island, Lagos
Nobel laureate, Professor Wole Soyinka has described Edo State Governor, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole as “a worthy ambassador” of the nation’s…
Such Nigerians and groups, Fasehun said, should include dreaded sect, Boko Haram; Chief Security Officer to late General Sani Abacha, Major Hamza Al-Mustapha; and Nobel Laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka.
Continuing, Prof Soyinka who warned against act of pettiness on the part of government over the grounded aircraft belonging to the Rivers State government said he was in Port Harcourt ahead of preparations for the 2014 Port Harcourt World Book festival
In a joint statement, Soyinka and Clark said Achebe’s death, coming after that of Christopher Okigbo, was a depletion of the circle of literary minds