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‎Nobel Laureate, Wole Soyinka has revealed how he was abducted and robbed in Bucharest, Romania.

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‎The world renowned playwright traveled to Bucharest to attend the Sibiu International Theatre Festival.

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‎Sibiu International Theatre Festival is one of the world’s largest performing arts festivals, where he was set to be honoured.

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‎However, Soyinka revealed that he arrived at Bucharest after midnight for the event and boarded what seemed like an official taxi from the airport headed for his scheduled hotel, Novotel Hotel.

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‎Speaking with TheNews in Lagos, Soyinka said while enroute the hotel, the driver suddenly diverted to a remote, dimly lit area.

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‎He said: “At nearly 1 a.m., the driver stopped in an unfamiliar place and revealed a POS machine, urging me to enter my pin.

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‎“I had to enter it without seeing the screen because he kept hiding it.

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‎“For about 25 to 30 minutes, I deliberately entered the wrong pin, buying time, hoping someone would appear—maybe someone from the hotel or a passerby. But the place was completely deserted.”

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‎The playwright recalled an intense confrontation between him and the taxi driver while he was demanding his pin.

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‎After much confrontation, the driver eventually dropped him near the hotel but robbed him of his money.

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‎“Not that I like to lose money. But for me it’s much smaller. It’s not just an attack on me as an individual; it’s an assault on the community,” he said.

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