Wole Soyinka was quoted as saying ‘the Igbos voted based on their stomach and suffer from incurable money mindedness’.
Wole Soyinka
The Nobel Laureate denied making such wild claims and said anyone who dared to believe it is a moron.
His statement clearing the accusation below.
“I have just read a statement attributed to me on something called The Cable, a news outlet, evidently one of the Internet infestations.
My lecture at the Hutchins Centre, Harvard University, was video recorded. Anyone who believes what I am alleged to have said must be a moron – repeat, a moron.
It is demeaning, sickening and boring to have to deal with these cowards who cannot fight their own battles but must fasten their imbecilic pronouncements on others.
Only the mentally retarded will credit this comment attributed to me regarding the Ndigbo voting pattern in the last elections. I strongly suspect the author of this despicable concoction, and may make a further statement, once the source is verified.” the statement read
Wole Soyinka was said to be delivering a lecture titled ‘Predicting Nigeria, Electoral Ironies’ at the Harvard University Hutchins Centre for African & African American Research, in Cambridge, Massachusetts, U
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