Renowned writer, Wole Soyinka has vowed not to reapply for his United States visa despite being asked to do so by the US Consulate in Lagos.
Recall that the Nobel laureate recently disclosed that he had been banned from the United States.
Shedding more light on the situation, during an interview with BBC Yoruba, Soyinka stated that that he does not intend visiting the embassy over his visa issues.
He said, “If you read the letter sent to me by the embassy, they wrote that I should bring my passport for them to stamp it so it shows that it has been cancelled. They are jokers. I should take my passport to those who revoked my visa? I told them they should come to my house, take the passport themselves, and stamp it. So, I cannot say I’ll be applying again or sitting down to fill out any form, whether online or having to go there, no.
“But if they want, because I’m not fighting the American people, no, if in the future they realise that they made a mistake and ask me to come and take my visa back, I will say they should bring it to my house. And before you come to my house, you will need a visa to enter.”
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