Obasanjo denies supporting Buhari !!!
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo on Wednesday declared that even morons would not describe the mediocre performance of President Buhari as superlative.
Obasanjo made the declaration even as he distanced himself from a purported report trending on the social media that he had made a U-turn on his verdict of non-performance and had declared support for President Buhari.
He dissociated himself from the report in a statement by his media aide, Kehinde Akinyemi, in Abeokuta, Ogun State.
Obasanjo ascribed the social media report to some elements in Buhari’s camp or his support group that was desperate to secure a second term for their principal through fair of foul means.
While he described their action as libellous, Obasanjo lamented that instead of addressing the fundamental issues of statecraft and economy, they engaged in spreading falsehoods.
Obasanjo also said he never met any labour leader in Abuja on Workers’ Day, describing any report of such as a fallacy.
The statement read in part, “It has come to the attention of Chief Olusegun Obasanjo that some elements in the Muhammadu Buhari camp and or support group are desperate to secure a second term, fair or foul.
“In this desperation, everything is fair, including telling libellous lies against persons and institutions, instead of addressing the fundamental issues of statecraft and economic management.
“In the last 24 hours the Internet has been bombarded with deliberate falsehoods aimed at hoodwinking the unsuspecting Nigerians to believe that Obasanjo has now supported Buhari for his second term, because of some perceived Buhari’s ‘superlative’ performance in his encounter with Trump during his visit to the White House in Washington D.C.
“In another breath, these blackmailers insinuated that Chief Obasanjo met with some Nigeria Labour Congress leaders in his house in Abuja on Workers’ Day.
Obasanjo made the declaration even as he distanced himself from a purported report trending on the social media that he had made a U-turn on his verdict of non-performance and had declared support for President Buhari.
He dissociated himself from the report in a statement by his media aide, Kehinde Akinyemi, in Abeokuta, Ogun State.
Obasanjo ascribed the social media report to some elements in Buhari’s camp or his support group that was desperate to secure a second term for their principal through fair of foul means.
While he described their action as libellous, Obasanjo lamented that instead of addressing the fundamental issues of statecraft and economy, they engaged in spreading falsehoods.
Obasanjo also said he never met any labour leader in Abuja on Workers’ Day, describing any report of such as a fallacy.
The statement read in part, “It has come to the attention of Chief Olusegun Obasanjo that some elements in the Muhammadu Buhari camp and or support group are desperate to secure a second term, fair or foul.
“In this desperation, everything is fair, including telling libellous lies against persons and institutions, instead of addressing the fundamental issues of statecraft and economic management.
“In the last 24 hours the Internet has been bombarded with deliberate falsehoods aimed at hoodwinking the unsuspecting Nigerians to believe that Obasanjo has now supported Buhari for his second term, because of some perceived Buhari’s ‘superlative’ performance in his encounter with Trump during his visit to the White House in Washington D.C.
“In another breath, these blackmailers insinuated that Chief Obasanjo met with some Nigeria Labour Congress leaders in his house in Abuja on Workers’ Day.
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