Nobel laureate, Wole Soyinka, has claimed that the leadership of the Labour Party (LP) knew that their presidential candidate, Peter Obi, lost the February 25, 2023 election.
Soyinka stated this at an event titled “The Lives of Wole Soyinka — A Dialogue” organised by Africa in the World.
He accused the party of trying to force “a lie” on Nigerians, especially youths.
Soyinka said the truth matters to him, noting that many people always look for shortcuts.
The Nobel laureate said he was armed with facts when he invaded a radio station in Ibadan in 1965.
He added that he was not relying on “third-hand information” about the result of the 1965 regional election.
Soyinka accused the LP of taking over the organised labour movement in the build-up to the 2023 election.
He noted that Obi achieved “something remarkable” by breaking the monopoly of power established by the All Progressives Congress (APC) and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).
“This recent election – two things happened first of all. One party took over the labour movement, which is not my favourite movement, and then it became a regional party,” he said.
