Nigerian professor and Nobel Laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka has declared that he will hold a private funeral on January 20 when United States President-elect, Donald Trump, is sworn-in as President.
Soyinka made this assertion in Lagos on Monday, stating that the funeral was not to mourn with the citizens of the US over their choice of president but to mourn the death of Nigeria’s common sense.
He said: “Why do Nigerians wail louder than the bereaved?”
“I am embarrassed to occupy the same nation space as some imbeciles and morons. I am planning my Wolexit, which could be internal or external.
“On the day of Donald Trump’s inauguration, I will have a private funeral keep to mourn the death of Nigeria’s common sense. If the board agrees (because I do not like to be authoritarian) I will move the residency of my foundation out of the country”.
He also said Nigerians did not have the right to query his personal decision to tear his US green card.