Nobel Laureate,Professor Wole Soyinka pulled a public relations stunt as he boarded the newly reconstructed railway network from Abeokuta to Lagos.
Soyinka boarding the train
Soyinka is a Nobel Laureate winner in Literature and a prominent writer from Africa.
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During the journey other passengers had approached the Octogenarian essayist who recently released another book Chronicles of the Happiest People on Earth for photo opportunities while some demanded for autographs.
A young boy Toluwanipemi Alli Balogun had walked up to Soyinka for an autograph which he gladly obliged.
The railway revolution is one of the much touted achievements of the Muhammadu Buhari administration as the government battles to revive moribund infrastructure especially in the transport sector.
It will be recalled that the Abuja-Kaduna Rail line had earlier been revived about two years ago.
