Nobel laureate Wole Soyinka has said he never endorsed the
candidacy of President Muhammadu Buhari in 2015.
Prof. Soyinka, during a press conference in Lagos on Thursday,
said he didn’t vote on election day in 2015.
“It is false to say that I supported the election of
Buhari,” he said, adding that what he said at the time was “do not vote for
Jonathan.”
The professor said it is his fundamental right to vote for
any candidate of his choice, and if the person fails, he is entitled to say it.
Amidst the economic hardship and insecurity across the
country, a lot of Nigerians have lambasted Mr Soyinka for contributing to the
emergence of Mr Buhari as president.
The Nobel laureate was a staunch critic of the Goodluck
Jonathan administration.
In the run-up to the 2015 general election, he, however,
distanced himself from media reports claiming he endorsed a presidential or
governorship candidate.
“All such attributions are fabrications by faceless, often
self-appointed agents of deception, and should be publicly pilloried,” Mr
Soyinka had said in a statement in January 2015.
“Whenever I choose to declare support for a candidate – as
is my electoral right – I shall ensure that I deploy a medium that places my
authorship beyond dispute. Internet habitues, Social networks etc are urged to
be less gullible, and avoid becoming cheap conduits for the deception industry.”
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