Buhari's aide reacts to viral photo of Peter Obi, Prof Soyinka

Bashir Ahmad, an aide to President Muhammadu Buhari has reacted to Peter Obi's visit to Nobel laureate, Prof Wole Soyinka.

Obi, the presidential candidate of the Labour Party in the February 25 presidential elections confirmed his visit to Soyinka, a month after the playwright clashed with the Obidients movement, a nickname adopted by Obi’s supporters.

Bashir Ahmad tweeted in reaction to Obi's tweet, he said: He’s a good person, an elder statesman. His reply has reaction generated rife reactions on the micro-blogging platform.

Recall that Soyinka who had thrown his weight behind Obi ahead of the polls has had a frosty relationship with Obidients.

Soyinka in an Arise TV interview on April 8 accused Obidients of fascism who don’t ‘entertain corrective criticism’ despite faulting voter suppression in some polling units in Lagos.

Hours after his scathing remark, Soyinka was serially trolled and abused online by angry youths who identified with the former governor of Anambra State.

Two weeks ago, Obi disclosed on Politics Today, a popular programme on Channels Television, that he was sad about the exchange, maintaining that he revered Soyinka as a father.

He also defended his Obidient movement when he reiterated that they were angry youths who had been deprived by a system that is meant to care for them.

But in a tweet posted via his Twitter handle on Sunday evening, Obi described his visit to the playwright as enriching, saying he had a useful discussion with him.

See Peter Obi's tweet below

The tweet read, “Today I visited one of Nigeria’s most revered figures and an international literary icon Prof Wole Soyinka. Prof Soyinka has been my father whom I hold in very esteem for what he has achieved and stands for in the struggle for a better Nigeria. His reputation as a fighter for justice and equity in our society has been legendary and we will NEVER ignore them.

“I had a very useful and enriching discussion about his aspirations for a better and greater Nigeria, and he shared a lot with me about his dream for a greater, and more inclusive Nigeria. I reminded the Nobel laureate of the huge price he paid just before the outbreak of the Civil ar, fighting for the cause of the Igbo.

“I cherish this Sunday visit which was intended to erase the needless misconceptions about the relationship between the great icon and the Obidient family.”