Soyinka denies supporting Buhari in 2015, says he only asked Nigerians to vote out Jonathan

Prof Wole Soyinka, Nobel laureate says he didn’t endorse or ask Nigerians to vote for President Muhammadu Buhari in 2015.

Soyinka said this on Thursday, April 7, 2022, at a media briefing in Lagos.

During the build-up to the 2015 election, the Nobel laureate was one of the critics of the administration of former President, Goodluck Jonathan.

Soyinka while speaking at the media briefing recalled that he urged Nigerians to vote out Jonathan, but denied endorsing Buhari, who was the main opposition candidate in the 2015 presidential election.

He said he didn’t vote for Buhari and didn’t ask anyone to vote for the All Progressives Congress presidential candidate.

By Bayo Wahab.

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