Ex-President, Olusegun Obasanjo has denied reports that he is not
backing any particular candidate in the upcoming 2019 presidential
elections, PoliticsNGR has learned.
Obasanjo, in a statement on
Sunday, through his media aide, Kehinde Akinyemi, expressly stated that
he wasn’t in support of President Buhari.
The statement read;
“While
Chief Olusegun Obasanjo is in Cairo to attend the maiden edition of the
Intra-African Trade Fair (IATF), of which he is Chairman of the
Advisory Council, his attention has been drawn to a report by the News
Agency of Nigeria (NAN) with the headline “Atiku: Obasanjo Shifts
Political Gear to Neutral.”
It is disingenuous, if not malicious,
for anyone to suggest that Chief Obasanjo was being neutral when he
chose not to use the Owu Convention as a platform for political campaign
but instead adopt a communal and familial approach in talking to
members of his Owu family,” .
“For the records, and as accurately
reported by some media organisations, what the former president said at
the convention in Iwo was that while he would not impress any
candidates on them, Nigerians should vote for credible candidates who
will drive growth and development and make their lives better than it is
now.” Mr. Akinyemi said.
He further explained that Obasanjo’s
statement did not mean neutrality stating that; “only a fool will sit on
the fence or be neutral when his or her country is being destroyed with
incompetence, corruption, lack of focus, insecurity, nepotism, brazen
impunity and denial of the obvious.”
The former leader,who has
declared his support for opposition presidential candidate, Atiku
Abubakar, said he would not sit on the fence adding that he stands in
the best interest of Nigeria.
He maintained that he would continue to speak against poor governance and nobody should manipulate his stance on the 2019 presidential election.
Source:- Politicsngr
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