Shahararren malamin kimiyyar adabi kuma mai lashe lambar yabo ta Nobel, Farfesa Wole Soyinka, ya bayyana ranar Talata cewa gwamnatin Amurka ta soke bizar sa, wanda hakan ya sanya samun shiga kasar ba zai yiwu a yanzu ba.
Soyinka ya bayyana wannan yayin taron manema labarai da aka gudanar a Kongi’s Harvest Gallery, Freedom Park, a Tsakanin Lagos, inda ya ce ba shi da masaniya akan wani laifi da zai iya jawo soke bizar.
“Ya zama dole in yi wannan taro don mutane a Amurka da ke sa ran ganina a wannan taron ko wani taron su guji ɓata lokacinsu,” in ji shi.
“Ba ni da biza; an haramta min shiga Amurka, a fili. Kuma idan kuna son ganin ni, ku sani inda zan kasance,” ya shaida wa ‘yan jarida.
Dalilin soke bizar bai bayyana ba, yayin da Soyinka kansa ya ce har yanzu yana cikin rudani game da wannan al’amari.
A cikin kwanakin baya, gwamnatin Amurka ta dauki matakan rage yawan masu shigowa kasar ta hanyar hijira.
A cewar Soyinka, ofishin jakadancin Amurka a Najeriya ya sanar da shi game da soke bizar a cikin wasika mai dauke da kwanan wata na 23 ga Oktoba, 2025.
” wannan wasika tana dauke da sanarwa ta hukuma daga Ofishin Jakadancin Amurka a Lagos cewa an soke bizar na B1/B2 bisa ga ikon da ke cikin dokokin Ma’aikatar Harkokin Wajen Amurka,” wani bangare na wasikar, wanda Soyinka ya nuna wa PM News, ya ce.
Farfesan ya bayyana rashin fahimtarsa game da wannan cigaba, yana mai cewa, “Har yanzu ina duba tarihin rayuwata… Ba ni da tarihin aikata laifi ko kuma wani laifi na kisa ko kuma laifi na keta doka wanda zai iya jawo soke bizar.”
“Na fara duba baya—shin na taɓa aikata laifi ga Amurka? Shin ina da wani tarihin laifi? Na taɓa samun hukunci ko kuma na sabawa doka a kowace kasa?”
A ranar 10 ga Satumba, 2025, PM News ta ruwaito cewa Soyinka ya ce ba zai amsa gayyatar da ofishin jakadancin Amurka a Najeriya ya aike masa don sake nazarin bizar ba, wanda aka tsara a ranar 11 ga Satumba.
Ya bayyana hakan a cikin wata hira da jaridar yayin da yake mayar da martani game da gayyatar da ofishin Jakadancin Amurka ya aika wa ‘yan Najeriya masu bizar B1/B2, inda aka bukaci su zo don yin “taron binciken biza.”
Bizar Soyinka an san ta da nau’in B1/B2—biza ta wucin gadi da ba ta kai ba ta dauke da izinin tafiya zuwa Amurka don kasuwanci (B-1) ko yawon shakatawa (B-2).
“Zan so in fara da jaddada cewa, a gare ni, wannan ba lamari na kaina bane. Ban san yadda kuka samu wannan labari ba. A gaskiya, na karbi wasikar, wanda a farko na dauka a matsayin wata takarda ta karya. Na yi tunanin yana fitowa daga ‘yan damfara wadanda ke yaudarar masu neman biza zuwa kasashen waje, suna alkawarin kawo su cikin lokaci mai tsawo.”
“Na yi tunanin suna daukar sunana daga cikin jerin sunayen wadanda aka gayyata,” in ji Soyinka.
A cewar Soyinka, a lokacin da ya fahimci cewa wasikar ta kasance gaskiya, hankalinsa ya tashi zuwa ga dangantakarsa da jakadun Amurka da manyan jami’an ofishin jakadancin da suka shahara wajen daukar harka da girmamawa.
