Nigeria: Tonye Cole's Narration of Wole Soyinka's 'Flight Incident' Creates Buzz On Social Media

Would you give up your airplane seat for Nigeria's Nobel Laureate, Wole Soyinka? This was the hot topic on Nigerian Twittersphere on Monday.

It all began after a Nigerian businessman, Tonye Cole, shared his flight experience about a young man who 'disrespected' Mr Soyinka by asking for him (Soyinka) to leave his allotted seat which the professor sat on.

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