The speculated death of Nobel Laureate, Wole Soyinka has been rubbished.
Speculations about Soyinka’s death started on Twitter after an account supposedly belonging to Abdulrazak Gurnar, winner of the 2021 Nobel prize for literature, said Soyinka was dead.
Gurnar purportedly tweeted: “I got a call from Nigeria. Wole Soyinka died suddenly a few minutes ago A terrible news.”
However, reacting, Soyinka’s son, Ilemakin, laughed off the rumors.
“The rumour has been going round since last week. Soyinka is alive when last I checked,” he said to THECableNg.
Meanwhile, Lola Shoneyin, a Nigerian author has stated that Gurnah is not a Twitter user.
“During my short exchange with Prof Abdulrazak Gurnah a few minutes ago, he stated, I am not a Twitter user. Please take note,” her post reads.
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