Soyinka Vows To Shun US Visa Reinterview Today

Nobel Laureate Prof. Wole Soyinka disclosed connected Wednesday that helium volition not honour an invitation by the United States Consulate successful Nigeria to a visa reinterview scheduled for today, Thursday, September 11.

He said helium initially thought it was the handiwork of scammers.

The literate icon revealed this successful an exclusive interrogation with TheNEWS/PMNEWS portion reacting to the American Consulate’s caller invitation to Nigerians with B1/B2 visas to spell to the American Consulate for a visa reinterview.

Soyinka, 1 of galore Nigerians invited to that interview, noted that helium had initially thought it was fake and a fraudulent determination by scammers whose banal successful commercialized is to dupe unsuspecting Nigerians.

He said, “I would similar to statesman by stressing that this is not a idiosyncratic issue. I person nary thought however you got to know. By the way, I besides received the letter, which I thought was fake astatine first. I thought these scammers prey connected those anxious to get visas elsewhere, with promises to present visas for a definite magnitude guaranteed. I thought they conscionable picked my sanction among others due to the fact that they knew determination was a database of those who had been invited.

“So, astatine the beginning, I thought it was beforehand interest fraud due to the fact that I had ne'er received that benignant of missive from that oregon immoderate different embassy. I thought that possibly AI has been generating generic letters. It was precise strange. So, erstwhile I came to presumption with the information that this missive is genuine, my caput conscionable went to my narration with idiosyncratic ambassadors, Consul-Generals and Cultural Attachés. As you know, it’s ever been a courteous relationship.”

The distinguished writer added that helium has much important things to bash than pursuit visas for places helium doesn’t privation to spell to and wherever helium is not wanted, saying, “So the question of going to specified an interrogation is wholly retired of consideration.”

He noted that the date, 9/11, the American Consulate had chosen for the projected interview, which happened to beryllium a time precise captious for the United States, was suspicious.

Soyinka maintained that helium is simply a spot superstitious not conscionable for the United States but for the remainder of the world, fixed what that day signifies. He affirms that the time should beryllium regarded arsenic a time of nationalist mourning, for deep, sober reflection, alternatively than for the perpetuation of ignoble motives specified arsenic an invitation for a visa reinterview.

He said, “In addition, I americium a small spot superstitious of being fixed a important date, not conscionable for the United States but the remainder of the world. I’m talking astir 9/11. This is simply a time that I person ever considered precise captious for the United States, especially. To me, 9/11 should beryllium regarded arsenic a time of nationalist mourning, of atonement by the Consulate of the United States.

“They should adjacent down offices connected that day, not to support inviting radical to travel and person their visas taken away. It should beryllium a time of reflection, of serious, heavy thinking, considering truthful galore things. I deliberation that, connected that day, the United States should unopen down wholly and universally. If they don’t unopen down, astatine slightest I would unopen down my narration with them connected that time due to the fact that I’m precise superstitious. I’m not going anyplace adjacent determination connected 9/11. I volition beryllium airborne somewhere”

He explained that adjacent though helium considers invitations by embassies to beryllium invitations from governments, it depends connected which benignant of authorities is sending them. He pointed retired that the United States, for instance, has a “white Idi Amin” astatine the helm of affairs.

Soyinka, who said helium is wary of specified invitations due to the fact that of his safety, added that, “Are we looking successful the lawsuit of the United States, astatine the achromatic Idi Amin, for instance? If you look precise intimately astatine the conduct, the behaviour, and the mentality of the incumbent president, you volition find retired determination are Idi Amins of antithetic colours. And if Idi Amin says I should travel to his embassy, I would deliberation doubly earlier going due to the fact that I don’t cognize what awaits maine connected the different broadside of the door.

“So I’m acrophobic I would person to, arsenic the Americans say, instrumentality a rainfall cheque connected this invitation, and surely I’m not going determination connected 9/11. No way. Maybe individuals, small, minuscule actions similar this, present and there, collectively, institutionally and truthful connected whitethorn alteration the American radical to embark connected this process of heavy introspection, which is truly to reappraisal their presumption with the remainder of the satellite and however the satellite looks astatine them, particularly astatine this captious play of satellite affairs.”

He said the United States needs an exorcist now: “So that’s each I privation to accidental connected that subject. But determination is simply a batch much to accidental successful the future. We tin present beryllium down objectively and analytically and inquire what has happened oregon is happening to the United States of America, possibly astatine assorted conferenc...