DJ Switch and Wole Soyinka

Nigerian disc jockey, Obianuju Catherine Udeh, professionally known as DJ Switch has disclosed that she ‘roasted’ Nobel laureate, Wole Soyinka when she was asked to speak about his contributions as a writer.

She took to X to write: “Was a panelist at an event over the weekend and just before the event started, we all got talking about African writers and of course Nigeria’s contribution.

“Someone brought up Wole Soyinka (whose works are quite exceptional if I might add)… and I was given the floor.

“Brethren… I would like to let you people know that I did not let one bullet go astray! Wole Soyinka unlike many of his counterparts chose to be completely separate from his works and also chose to display his bigotry and myopic thinking these past few months. It was my esteemed pleasure to roast the uncle while maintaining decorum and extol other Nigerian writers!”

 

This comes after Wole Soyinka said the leadership of the Labour Party (LP) knew that Peter Obi lost the February 25 election.

Speaking at an event which took place in Stellenbosch, South Africa, Soyinka said: “Peter Obi achieved something remarkable there, that he broke that mould. However, he did not win the election.

“I can say categorically that Peter Obi’s party came third not even second and the leadership knew it but they want to do what we call in Yoruba ‘gbajue’, that is force of lies.”