I did not warn Buhari against seeking a 2nd term- OBJ
Mon Sep 05, 2016 07:11:am Politics
2.5K By Buchi Obichie
Former President, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo has denied a recent report that he warned President Muhammadu Buhari against seeking re-election in 2019; describing it as completely false.
Obasanjo was reacting to the report credited to his former Chief Press Secretary, Alex Nwokedi, which was published on Saturday in an online publication, Post Nigeria.
In a statement issued in Abeokuta on Sunday by his Media Aide, Kehinde Akinyemi, Obasanjo said there has been no communication between him and Nwokedi in the last three years, and wondered why any news would be attributed to him, as published by the online publication.
He said "My belief is that democracy allowed for anybody including President Buhari for that matter to contest any election and it is the prerogative rights of Nigerians to vote or not to vote for them.
"I have not communicated with Alex in the last three years, so how could a story be credited to me, when I did not authorize such or communicate with him in the last three years? Obasanjo queried.
He further said, "Not even me, can advise my children not to seek for elective post. It is part of freedom of democracy.
"I condemn in the most highest manner, the story, and those behind it. And for those behind it, they are simply enemies of democracy and freedom of expression."
Obasanjo was reacting to the report credited to his former Chief Press Secretary, Alex Nwokedi, which was published on Saturday in an online publication, Post Nigeria.
In a statement issued in Abeokuta on Sunday by his Media Aide, Kehinde Akinyemi, Obasanjo said there has been no communication between him and Nwokedi in the last three years, and wondered why any news would be attributed to him, as published by the online publication.
He said "My belief is that democracy allowed for anybody including President Buhari for that matter to contest any election and it is the prerogative rights of Nigerians to vote or not to vote for them.
"I have not communicated with Alex in the last three years, so how could a story be credited to me, when I did not authorize such or communicate with him in the last three years? Obasanjo queried.
He further said, "Not even me, can advise my children not to seek for elective post. It is part of freedom of democracy.
"I condemn in the most highest manner, the story, and those behind it. And for those behind it, they are simply enemies of democracy and freedom of expression."
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