‘Wole Soyinka never ‘respected elders’ in his own days’ – Seun Kuti

Social media was recently set on frenzy following an encounter that ensued between Nigerian literary giant Wole Soyinka and a young man on a plane.

Nigerian businessman Tonye Patrick Cole, gave a recount of the incident on his social media page and narrated how the young man told the professor to stand up from a seat that was originally allocated to him.

Seun Kuti, son of late Afrobeats founder, Fela Kuti has reacted to the viral ‘plane seat’ conversation after a Nigerian man ordered Nobel laureate, Wole Soyinka out of his seat on board a flight over the weekend.

Taking to his Instagram to react, the singer wrote:

‘That being said, the Nigerian professional class is callous and exemplified by this whole WS issue. The only culture they know is Agbada and how to respect elders. Just aesthetics nothing concrete. This ‘respecting elders’ is just an excuse not to stand up to elders!! To go around sucking up and kisses donkeys!( u know the right word). Ask them other than their agbada and ‘respecting elders’ what other African culture do they practice or hold higher than European and Arabic ideals. Ask them, the answer is Zero, Zilch, Nada. Respecting the elders the Nigerian professional class’ shelter as they continue to collude and connive to destroy us! Wole Soyinka doesn’t mind, he never ‘respected elders’ in his own days.’