Professor Wole Soyinka

Oil Mogul Tonye Patrick Cole has narrated a story that will shock the tribe of usually cultured Nigerians: How a young man ordered Professor Wole Soyinka, Nigeria's only Nobel Laurete, literary giant, gadfly, octogenarian, globally and nationally respected figure out of his seat, on a flight.

Here is how Tonye Cole narrated the story on his Instagram
I met one of the greatest Nigerians walking the earth today and as with other times, he was genteel, witty, forthnight and humble. My smile gives me away as he permitted 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 tattoed biceps board 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.

SOURCE: https://www.tori.ng