Nigeria: Obasanjo, a Shameless Liar - Soyinka

29 August 2015

Lagos — Nobel Laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka had described former President Olusegun a shameless liar whom he has no respect for. While responding to a question on at an event tagged: "An evening with Wole Soyinka" in Lagos on Friday, he said even though he appreciated the fact that Obasanjo as an individual is entitled to his opinion about him (Soyinka), he is nonetheless bothered because "nobody has respect for liar".

The event organised by the telecommunication giant, Glo mobile telecommunication was geared towards celebrating Soyinka literary feat and the launch of Glo Literary Prize for Undergraduate Students.

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