Man Who Ordered Professor Wole Soyinka Out Of His Seat On a Flight Speaks Out, Reveals Why He Took Such Action

Yesterday, the media published a story of how a young Nigerian man ordered professor Wole Soyinka out of his sit on his flight. 

The young man who has now been identified as Tosin Odunfa, has come out to say his own side of the story and give reasons for his actions. 

Tosin Odunfa took to his instagram page to reveal himself as the young man who ordered Professor Wole Soyinka out of his airplane seat, debunking the claims on social media of him being disrespectful to a notable writer like Wole Soyinka. 

According to him, "Wole Soyinka didn't mind getting up".

The young man revealed that he was on the Autism spectrum and had to sit close to the window in other to prevent him from getting sick on the plane, therefore he insisted that Prof. Wole Soyinka should leave his seat. 

He wrote; “I am the young guy! Yes, the one in question with a baseball cap and t-shirt, I am unashamed to be at the prime of my youth, in fact, I blushed a little bit after reading your description of my chest and muscles. Is thank to strong discipline that I live a fit life and I am able to go to the gym o my tight schedule. “Prof. didn’t mind getting up and in fact, he confided in me as we chatted later on the flight that he would have done the same and that he was more embarrassed by the undue attention. Prof and I actually have few things in common, we are both in academia, I have a Ph.D in Electrical Engineering and teach Nano Electromagnetic Theory at the University of Mannittawiw. 

“He said to me that he thinks that Nigerian youths need to stand up more for themselves than we do and he spoke to me about the ideals they tried to promote when he co-founded a secret society in his youth. I have read up on him now and know for sure that Wole Soyinka is a great man but I sadly was not taught about him in school. We exchanged contact information and I will certainly stay in touch.

“Please, note that I am on the Autism spectrum and need the view from the window to keep me from getting sick on the plane, hence my insisting on taking the window seat. Finally, Brother Tonye, the words on your lap are very inspiring, “everything you want is on the other side of not giving up,” he explained.