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A post published on Facebook claims Nigerian playwright, political activist and Nobel laureate Wole Soyinka has told Nigerians who to vote for in the 2023 general elections. T he post claims Soyinka backs Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso, the presidential candidate of the New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP). It reads : Professor Wole Soyinka advised Nigerians to vote for kwankwaso, a vote for kwankwaso is a vote in the right direction, he also said kwankwaso is the most competent amongst the candidates. Kwankwaso is a seasoned politician and an educationist per excellence, voting kwankwaso will bring progress and peace of mind to Nigerians. The same claim was published on Facebook here , here and here . But has Soyinka come out to publicly support Kwankwaso? We checked. No details or credible reports of statement None of the Facebook posts give details of where or when Soyinka is meant to have made the comment. This is often a red flag that a claim circulating on social media is fabricated. There are also no reports from credible local news outlets in Nigeria reporting on any such endorsement from the world-famous writer, as one would expect if it were true. In 2021, Punch newspaper reported that Soyinka does not use social media, but expresses his views on national issues through the print media. There is no evidence Soyinka supports Kwankwaso or any other presidential candidate running in 2023. As Nigeria’s 2023 elections approach, Africa Check is seeing an increasing number of quotes and comments falsely attributed to key political figures. This may distort political debate online and in real life, and so reduce voters’ ability to make informed choices.
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