{"id":195173,"date":"2022-06-10T16:47:54","date_gmt":"2022-06-10T15:47:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/?p=195173"},"modified":"2022-06-10T16:47:54","modified_gmt":"2022-06-10T15:47:54","slug":"i-did-not-pay-tribute-to-tinubu-soyinka","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2022\/06\/10\/i-did-not-pay-tribute-to-tinubu-soyinka\/","title":{"rendered":"I did not pay tribute to Tinubu \u2013 Soyinka"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Nobel laureate, Prof Wole Soyinka has debunked claims that he paid tribute to the Presidential standard bearer of the All Progressive Congress (APC), Mr. Ahmed Bola Tinubu.<\/p>\n<p>The elder statesman had earlier in the year also dismissed a social media post endorsing <a href=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2022\/06\/10\/ex-sgf-babachir-tinubu-will-defeat-atiku-in-adamawa\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tinubu<\/a> for the 2023 Presidency.<\/p>\n<p>A tribute titled, \u2018Prof Wole Soyinka\u2019s tribute to Sen Asiwaju Tinubu\u2019 purportedly written by Soyinka eulogising Tinubu on his political accomplishments had gone viral on various WhatsApp platforms shortly after he emerged as the Presidential candidate of APC.<\/p>\n<p>Soyinka in a statement by his spokesman, Abiola Owoaje dismissed the trending post as the handiwork of indolent identity thieves whose preoccupation is to deceive the general public with phoney social media posts to gain prominence.<\/p>\n<p>He maintained he does not operate or own social media accounts.<\/p>\n<p>The literary luminary reiterated his position on the 2023 elections and the issues surrounding it, noting that he has no business meddling in the struggle for power by political parties in the country.<\/p>\n<p>Soyinka enjoins the general public to be on alert to the antics of faceless cowards spreading falsehood, adding that they should not partake in the despicable action of the authors by spreading the cocktail of lies.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nobel laureate, Prof Wole Soyinka has debunked claims that he paid tribute to the Presidential standard bearer of the All Progressive Congress (APC), Mr. Ahmed Bola Tinubu. The elder statesman had earlier in the year also dismissed a social media post endorsing Tinubu for the 2023 Presidency. 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