Nobel laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka on Thursday charged President Muhammadu Buhari to respond positively to the demands of the Niger Delta militant groups.

Soyinka, who spoke at a news briefing at the Freedom Park, Lagos, said the feelings of the militants were that the Buhari government was not seriously responding to their outreach.

He said he was approached personally by the militants and that he had responded personally to some of the militant groups just like he did when the Movement for the Emancipation of Niger Delta, MEND, was the umbrella body of agitation in the Niger Delta during the reign of former President Goodluck Jonathan.

Soyinka debunked claims that he was part of an international body contracted to resolve the Niger Delta crisis, asking how he could he be part of an international group that did not exist.