The cable newspaper few days ago reported that Wole Soyinka made some derogatory statements about the Igbo people during a question and answer time after delivery lecture at the talk titled '‘Predicting Nigeria, Electoral Ironies’ at the Harvard University Hutchins Centre for African & African American Research, in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA. Wole Soyinka himself refuted the report saying 'Only a moron will believe such crap'
I personally didn't carry the story when The Cable broke it because I wasn't sure about the story. I couldn't find a video of it or any video-graphic traces of the lecture. However I found a convincing statement by someone at the talk, so I concluded the report might be hearsay, so I passed on it. I was right afterall. The Cable just apologised to Wole Soyinka.
The Cable's Apology
"The management of Cable Newspaper Ltd, publishers of TheCable, would like to make the following statement concerning our report on the lecture by Professor Wole Soyinka at the Harvard University Hutchins Centre for African & African American Research. Soyinka was quoted to have made derogatory remarks about the Igbo over their voting pattern in theMarch 28 presidential election. He has since denied the offensive quotes attributed to him.