Nobel Laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka, on Thursday met behind
closed doors with President Muhammadu Buhari.
The meeting
which lasted about an hour was held inside the President’s office at the
Presidential Villa, Abuja.
Soyinka was
accompanied by a public relations expert, Dr. Yomi Ogunbiyi.
The agenda of
the meeting described as a private one was not made public and the Presidency
did not issue any statement on it.
As he emerged from the President’s office after the meeting, the
Nobel Laureate was visibly surprised to see State House correspondents who were
already laying ambush for him in front of the Press Gallery.
“I didn’t come
to see you people,” he said as he attempted to break through a barricade set up
by the journalists.
When it became
clear to him that the reporters would not relent, Soyinka said, “I came to
discuss national and international matters, general matters, that’s all!”
When further
probed about the details of the discussion, he said he would not divulge such.
Clearly not
comfortable with press interview, Soyinka declared, “I will be holding a press
conference in about a week. You can ask me any question then, but now, please I
will just like to get away.”
With that the
journalists made way for him to leave the premises.
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