Hours after debate has raged over the report of a boy demanding to have a seat allowed to him on a plane, the Nobel laureate, Wole Soyinka, who is at the centre of it, has stated the circumstance of the matter.
Although this is neither through a public statement nor a press interview, the legendary writer established it in an email to celebrated broadcaster and producer, Mo Abudu.
Abudu reveals the content of the message thus:
Hallo Mo,
Someone sent me Patrick Tonye’s comment on the plane incident, and I saw your brief comment. It was a very minor thing and I’d forgotten all about it. However, after reading the boy’s response, I became curious.
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First, I never exchanged a word with him throughout beyond inviting him to take his allotted seat. Never spoke a word to him after that. Certainly never exchanged contact. So of course, I wonder if it’s the very individual who’s posted this or a total fake.
The phenomenon of stolen identities takes very strange dimensions and has become a source of worry. I wonder if this is one such. Any way of your finding out. I don’t operate in the social media as you probably recall.
