Soyinka also claimed he extended the same advice to former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar
By Kehinde Okeowo
Nobel Laureate and foremost playwright, Prof Wole Soyinka, has claimed he told President Bola Tinubu not to run for president but he ignored him.
Soyinka, who disclose this while paying courtesy visit to Tinubu, at his Lagos home, also revealed he was there to see how the President and his wife were faring after ignoring his advice.
The literary icon went on to say he submitted a seven-point agenda to the President during the visit he described as an “embarrassing” one.
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Speaking to reporters after the visit, Soyinka said: “I came here with a seven-point agenda. And we had a very thorough discussion on those items,”
“Actually, it’s an embarrassing visit because when I visited him the last time, it was to try and persuade him not to run for office.
“I told Atiku and himself to please leave the ground so young people could run. That’s the last time we met about five years ago.
“So I came to see how he was doing after ignoring my advice. I came to see how both he and his wife were weathering Nigeria, and to wish them a Happy Christmas,” he said.
The elder statesman during the visit also said he would wait till May 2024, when Tinubu would have spent a year as Nigeria’s number one citizen before assessing his performance.