Nigerians on Twitter have supported a man who asked Nobel laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka, to vacate a window seat he had reserved on an airplane.
Former governorship candidate of Rivers State, Tonye Cole, made the encounter public in his post on Instagram on Sunday.
“Met one of the greatest Nigerians walking the earth today and as with other times, he was genteel, witty, forthright and humble. My smile gives me away as he permitted the picture whereas he would have preferred to get back to his newspapers.
“Then we boarded the flight and after assisting him with his bags, he took the window seat and promptly started reading again.
“A few minutes later this young man, baseball cap, t-shirt to show his muscled chest and tattooed biceps boards the plane and tells Prof he is on his seat (which he was). Those of us including the cabin crew tried to reason with Bobo Fine to let the old man be but the chap refused.
“He insisted Prof should vacate his window seat, which the old man quietly did for his original aisle seat next to him. I couldn’t understand how we got to this point where we no longer have respect for elders,” Mr Cole wrote.
Twitter users have shown support for the unidentified man, saying that Prof. Soyinka would have done same in his youth.
