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- Nobel Laureate Professor Wole Soyinka has narrated how he was kidnapped and robbed in Bucharest, Romania
- In a trending interview on Thursday, Soyinka revealed that the incident happened when he visited the country recently to attend the Sibiu International Theatre Festival, FITS
- Soyinka made this known in an exclusive interview with TheNEWS/ on Tuesday, September 9 in Lagos.
- Soyinka who attended the event, as the guest of honour, was to receive a star on the Walk of Fame award
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Nobel Laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka, has narrated how he was abducted and robbed during a visit to Bucharest, Romania.
The global icon had visited the country to attend the prestigious Sibiu International Theatre Festival (FITS), which is one of the largest performing arts festivals in the world.
The event holds annually in Sibiu, Romania, and attracts thousands of artists and spectators across the world.
In an interview with TheNEWS, the playwright recounted the experience, which unfolded shortly after his arrival in Romania.
As reported by The Punch, Soyinka said he arrived in Bucharest at 12:10 a.m. in high spirits, looking forward to the festival, only for events to take a dramatic turn after he and the party meant to pick him up missed each other at the airport.
Explaining further, Soyinka noted that after missing his hosts at the airport, he boarded what appeared to be an official taxi to Novotel Hotel, where he was scheduled to lodge.
He said instead of heading for the hotel, the driver diverted to a deserted, dimly lit area, where he was coerced into surrendering his bank details.
“So I got into the taxi and the man drove and drove and finally we got to a spot. It was now close to 1 o’clock in the dead of the night. And I thought we were in the hotel. Then he brought out his POS. A conversation took place (I narrate all of that in the book),” he said.
“Anyway, the bottom line is that I was in effect abducted, robbed, and deposited in this strange place. I had to enter it without seeing the POS because this man kept hiding it. He was insisting ‘enter your pin, enter your pin.’
“That drama lasted inside the taxi between 25 and 30 minutes. I was deliberately entering the wrong pin, playing for time, hoping people would come out maybe from the hotel or be strolling around. It was one of those times when everybody refused to come out. Completely bare where I was. No sign.
“I didn’t discover it wasn’t a hotel until I finally got down.
“And then you can imagine all sorts of imagination in my head. Why had he dropped me in this particular place? Was it a gang-infested area? Let’s just say it was a weird and not very comfortable kind of situation.
“Eventually, that night, anyway, I got to the hotel. I was picked up by a car and taken to Sibiu,” he said.
Man displays Wole Soyinka’s house in forest
Meanwhile, Legit.ng previously reported that a Nigerian man shared a video showing a forest located in Ijegba, Abeokuta, where Wole Soyinka lives.
In the trending video, the young man showed the entrance to his residence and gave a brief background about the forest area.
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“I won’t honour U.S. visa reinterview”: Soyinka
Earlier, Legit.ng reported that Professor Wole Soyinka threw a jibe at the United States President Donald Trump.
Professor Soyinka said President Trump is a “White Idi Amin”, discussing his behaviour and mentality.
The 91-year-old explained the reason he won’t honour the US Consulate invitation for a visa reinterview.
Source: Legit.ng
