Wole Soyinka Under Fire: Nobel Laureate's Comments on Lagos-Calabar Highway Draw Criticism

 

Nobel Laureate Wole Soyinka is at the center of attention on social media in Nigeria, with netizens reacting differently to his recent appearance alongside President Bola Ahmed Tinubu. The two were spotted together at the commissioning of a 30km stretch of the 750km Lagos-Calabar Coastal Highway.

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The Nobel Laureate's presence at the commissioning is now the subject of timeline conversation because while inspecting the construction, he referred to himself as a "sucker for good roads."

Wole Soyinka's utterance expressing admiration for an incomplete project has earned the Nobel Laureate severe criticism from many netizens who have labelled him a "traitorous hypocrite."