Nobel laureate, Wole Soyinka, has debunked reports suggesting he has been appointed to serve on a monitoring team regarding a forthcoming Supreme Court review of the judgement that ousted Emeka Ihedioha as Imo State governor and installed Hope Uzodinma in his place.
In a statement sent to Qed.ng on Tuesday night, Soyinka said he knew nothing about the arrangement identified as Third Force Democracy.
“A link to a report by one of the national newspapers – the DAILY POST – on the Uzodinma vs Ihedioha electoral tussle has just been sent to me,” he said.
“That report claims that I have been engaged to serve on a monitoring team regarding a forthcoming Supreme Court Review of that case.
“I know NOTHING of this development and I am NOT involved in any aspect of the tussle. I know NOTHING of this Third Force Democracy whatever.
“I have no intention of participating in any judicial monitoring activity and demand to be kept out of any such false attributions. Hopefully, someday in the distant future, it will be possible for the nation to regain the respect of the world in its democratic claims. That time, alas, is not immediately apparent.”
The Supreme Court on Tuesday adjourned hearing Ihedioha’s application for a review of the judgement until March 2.
