Nobel Laureate, Wole Soyinka risks going to jail if he destroys his American Green Card as promised, a legal luminary, Kayode Ajulo has cautioned.

Soyinka had said he would destroy his Green Card if Trump wins the US Presidential elections while speaking to students at the Oxford University.

However, Donald Trump had won the election and the literary icon has promised to fulfill his promise on January 20 when Trump will be sworn in.

But Ajulo in an interview with Vanguard has said Soyinka risked a 7-year jail term if he destroys the Green Card.

“I have no problem with Wole; he is an opinion moulder, an elder statesman and nation builder, who should know the implication of such act. “Under the American law losing or having your U.S. green card destroyed can be a serious problem,’’ he said.

He stressed that the literary icon is free to leave the country but does not have to tear the card; instead he should return the card as required by the law.

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