Finally, Wole Soyinka destroys his US green card over Trump, Nigerians react

Nigerian Nobel prize-winning author, Wole Soyinka, on Thursday, December 1, 2016, said he has fulfilled his pledge to throw away his US residency green card and leave the country if Republican candidate, Donald Trump won the presidential election.

Prior to the US presidential election last month, Soyinka vowed to destroy his US green card if Trump wins the poll to protest against the Republican billionaire’s campaign promises to get tough on immigration.

“I have already done it, I have disengaged (from the United States). I have done what I said I would do,” the 82-year-old told AFP on the sidelines of an education conference at the University of Johannesburg.

“I had a horror of what is to come with Trump… I threw away the (green) card, and I have relocated, and I’m back to where I have always been” — meaning his homeland Nigeria.

Since the news broke moments ago, Nigerians have been reacting to the development. See some of their comments below:

Biola Bello: pictures, baba Soyinka, give us evidence. We saw OBJ tear is PDP card in pictures. WE dont trust your words, show evidence.

Nwodoh Collins: This lying cultist.

Blue Star: So what has that got to do withNigerians? Why not show us sir the clip of how you destroyed it. By the way were you expecting Americans to vote for that Jezebel so that the world will be plunge to another world war sir? You got it all wrong there. Americans voted for whom they wanted and it is neither your business nor that of IPOD to threaten Americans.

Amass a: Is your own cup of tea. You have got enough. You can equally stop your family members from visiting the US.

Conitnu: Professor of Lies,a graduate of University of Liars with Lai Mohammed as your class mate. We need evidence.

Soyinka won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1986 and has been a regular teacher at US universities including Harvard, Cornell and Yale.