Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the 2023 elections, has celebrated Nobel Laureate Professor Wole Soyinka’s 90th birthday.
In a statement on his official X handle on Saturday, Atiku said Soyinka “remains a virile hunter in our Forest of a Thousand Demons.”
He wrote, “To truly celebrate Prof. Wole Soyinka, you must set forth at dawn.” And that would be after a telephone conversation. The man of Ake, despite all the trials of Brother Jero, and at a prime age of 90, remains a virile hunter in our Forest of a Thousand Daemons.
“Neither Death nor the King’s Horseman has stopped The Interpreter from his bountiful Kongi’s Harvest and the Chronicles of his happy life on Earth. Yet, the man lives, even in this season of anomie.
“Happy birthday and congratulations, sir.”
Chrronicle NG reports that President Bola Tinubu has named the National Arts Theatre in Iganmu, Lagos, after the Nobel Laureate.
Tinubu announced this in a tribute he wrote to celebrate his 90th birthday.
The tribute, titled “Professor Wole Soyinka at 90: Tribute to a National Treasure and Global Icon,” was personally signed by the President and made available to journalists on Friday.
Tinubu expressed his delight to join admirers around the world in celebrating Soyinka, adding that July 13 would be the climax of the series of local and international activities held in his honour.
