The management of Cable Newspaper Ltd, publishers of online news portal, TheCable, has apologised over the report which quoted Nobel Laureate Prof. Wole Soyinka as making inciting comment against Igbo people.

The news portal had in a report claimed that the literary doyen during a lecture the Harvard University Hutchins Centre for African & African American Research, described Ndigbo as hungry people.

Soyinka was quoted to have made derogatory remarks about the Igbo over their voting pattern in the March 28 presidential election.

The playwright had since refuted the offensive quotes attributed to him.

TheCable who started the trend in a statement apologised for misquoting the Lion and the Jewel author.

The statement reads, “after a thorough in-house investigation, we have come to the conclusion that the story misrepresented the views expressed by Soyinka in the question-and-answer session after his lecture.

“We take full responsibility for the inaccuracy and promise that we will continue to strive to improve our standards.

“Also, we wish to reiterate that we take our professional responsibilities very seriously, as our readers can attest to.

“We hereby offer an unreserved apology to Soyinka, Ndigbo and our readers. 

Signed: Management of Cable Newspaper Ltd”