News platform which accused Nobel Laureate of anti-Igbo remarks tenders apology

monjola sotubo

May 7, 2015 7:24 AM

The Cable had published an article on May, 5, 2015, in which it quoted Soyinka as saying that Igbos vote with their stomachs.

Online news platform, The Cable has apologized over a recent article in which it accused Nobel Laureate, Wole Soyinka of making anti-Igbo remarks.

In an apology published on the website, the management of the organization took full responsibility for the erroneous publication.

The apology reads:

“The management of Cable Newspaper Ltd, publishers of TheCable, would like to make the following statement concerning our report on the lecture by Professor Wole Soyinka at the Harvard University Hutchins Centre for African & African American Research.”

“Soyinka was quoted to have made derogatory remarks about the Igbo over their voting pattern in the March 28 presidential election. He has since denied the offensive quotes attributed to him.”

“After an in-house investigation, we have come to the conclusion that the story misrepresented the views expressed by Soyinka in the question-and-answer session after his lecture.”

“We take full responsibility for the inaccuracy and promise that we will continue to strive to improve our standards. Also, we wish to reiterate that we take our professional responsibilities very seriously, as our readers can attest to. We hereby offer an unreserved apology to Soyinka, Ndigbo and our readers.”

The Nobel Laureate had denied making the comments saying whoever believed he did was a moron.

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