Nigerian foremost dramatist, Prof Wole Soyinka has stated that President Bola Tinubu ignored his recommendation to not run for presidency.
Soyinka, who paid a courtesy go to to Tinubu, at his Lagos house, stated he was there to see how the President and his spouse had been doing after ignoring his recommendation.
The literary icon stated he has submitted a seven-point agenda to the President in the course of the go to he described as an “embarrassing” one.
“I got here right here with a seven-point agenda. And we had a really thorough dialogue on these objects,” Soyinka instructed reporters after the go to.
“Really, it’s an embarrassing go to as a result of once I visited him the final time, it was to attempt to persuade him to not run for workplace.
“I instructed Atiku and himself to please go away the bottom so younger individuals may run. That’s the final time we met about 5 years in the past.
“So I got here to see how he was doing after ignoring my recommendation. I got here to see how each he and his spouse had been weathering Nigeria, and to want them a Completely happy Christmas,” he stated.