Nobel laureate, Wole Soyinka, has again taken a swiped at those who criticized his stand during the 2023 general election.
Speaking on Saturday at the Abeokuta Club in Ogun State, Soyinka bemoaned the sorry state the social media has fallen into in Nigeria.
According to him, Nigeria’s social media space has been dragged down to the lowest common denominator and taken over by people he reckoned as “babarians.”
Soyinka said while in other climes the social media remains valid as means of interaction because of the intellectual contents and reasoned engagements being deployed by users, the reverse is the case in Nigeria as those who dragged it down have swapped the intellectual quotient aspect of it.
The octogenarian also stated that the situation has degenerated to a level where even a mere disagreement in an election could lead to one being labelled on social media as having a phobia about others.
He urged the nation’s community of intellect of minds and creativity to rescue the country from the monstrosity of the social media.