Wole Soyinka, a Nobel Prize winner, asserted on Wednesday that Peter Obi did not prevail in the presidential vote on February 25, 2023.
Soyinka added that the Labour Party (LP) leadership understands that Obi did not win the election and is attempting to convince people of their lies.
At a gathering called “The Lives of Wole Soyinka — A Dialogue” put on by Africa in the World, the Nobel laureate made this statement.
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On Wednesday, the event was held in Stellenbosch, South Africa.
Soyinka was asked to respond to his post-general election remark on LP vice-presidential candidate Datti Baba-Ahmed as he was speaking at the event.
Soyinka stated that he cares about the truth, observing that many people are constantly seeking out short cuts.
When he entered a radio station in Ibadan in 1965, the Nobel laureate claimed he was equipped with facts.
He went on to say that he was not depending on “third-hand information” in regards to the outcome of the regional election from 1965.
In the run-up to the 2023 elections, Soyinka charged that the LP had taken control of the organised labour movement.
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He stated that by shattering the All Progressives Congress (APC) and Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)’s (monopoly of power), Obi accomplished “something remarkable.”
Soyinka said, “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.
“Whereas it was a marvellous breach into the established two camps. Peter Obi achieved something remarkable there, that he broke that mould. However, he did not win the election.
“I can say categorically that Peter Obi’s party came third not even second and the leadership knew it but they want to do what we call in Yoruba ‘gbajue’, that is a force of lies.
“They were going to send some of the hardliners, proud young people into the street to demonstrate.
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“I’m also ready to be among such demonstrators but only on the banner of truth not on lies, and deceit.
“This party wanted the same thing (referring to 2011 post-election violence) to happen on the basis of a lie and we find this vice-presidential candidate on television boasting, insisting, threatening and trying to intimidate both the judiciary and the rest.
“What kind of government will result from that kind of conduct? In addition, they did not know this but they were being used.
“Before the election, there were certain clandestine forces, including some ex-generals, who were already calling for an interim government before the elections began.
“Some of them were known figures, including a proprietor of a university calling for an interim government before the election took place.”
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