{"id":105201,"date":"2023-12-25T11:10:32","date_gmt":"2023-12-25T10:10:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/tinubu-ignored-my-advice-not-to-run-for-presidency-soyinka"},"modified":"2023-12-25T13:35:41","modified_gmt":"2023-12-25T12:35:41","slug":"tinubu-ignored-my-advice-not-to-run-for-presidency-soyinka","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/tinubu-ignored-my-advice-not-to-run-for-presidency-soyinka","title":{"rendered":"Tinubu ignored my advice not to run for presidency \u2013 Soyinka"},"content":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>Nigerian foremost dramatist, Prof Wole Soyinka has said that President Bola Tinubu ignored his advice not to run for presidency.<\/p>\n

Soyinka, who paid a courtesy visit to Tinubu, at his Lagos home, said he was there to see how the President and his wife were doing after ignoring his advice.<\/p>\n

The literary icon said he has submitted a seven-point agenda to the President during the visit he described as an \u201cembarrassing\u201d one.<\/p>\n

\u201cI came here with a seven-point agenda. And we had a very thorough discussion on those items,\u201d Soyinka told reporters after the visit.<\/p>\n

\u201cActually, it\u2019s an embarrassing visit because when I visited him the last time, it was to try and persuade him not to run for office.<\/p>\n

\u201cI told Atiku and himself to please leave the ground so young people could run. That\u2019s the last time we met about five years ago.<\/p>\n

\u201cSo 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,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

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Africa-Press – Nigeria. Nigerian foremost dramatist, Prof Wole Soyinka has said that President Bola Tinubu ignored his advice not to run for presidency. Soyinka, who paid a courtesy visit to Tinubu, at his Lagos home, said he was there to see how the President and his wife were doing after ignoring his advice. 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