Soyinka disowns trending ‘WhatsApp posting’ on Yoruba state agitation

NOBEL laureate, Professor Wole Soyinka, has disowned a ‘fake WhatsApp posting on the Yoruba state agitation”, which has been attributed to him.

Soyinka, in a statement today, said that he does not participate in  WhatsApp, Facebook, Blog, or other offerings of the Social Media.

According to the Nobel laureate, he uses the print media to pass across any information he wants to send to the public.

In the statement titled ‘They Are Back’, the writer and human rights activist said: “Professor Wole SOYINKA wishes to denounce the fake WhatsApp posting on the Yoruba state agitation being attributed to him. 

“Once again, he requests the public to ignore the utterances of those contemptible interlopers who lack the courage of their conviction and thus take to Identity Theft for the furtherance of their views.

“For a start, Wole Soyinka does not participate in Facebook, Tweet, Blog, WhatsApp or other offerings of the Social Media.

“Any views that he wishes to express on national and other issues routinely go through the print media.”

The Nobel laureate has been a serial victim of fake social media messaging, which he has always, however, denounced.