Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has denied some published reports of planning to scuttle Nigeria’s 2023 elections or writing the United Kingdom (UK) to back off the polls and allow Nigerians to decide the outcome.
President Obasanjo, in the alleged letter, had warned the UK authorities against interference, adding that it will not be business as usual.
The former President, who allegedly recalled that the British government wanted to remove him in 2002, said the UK wanted to install a Fulani man whom they can control, but that he overpowered them.
Obasanjo allegedly told the UK that the problems Nigeria is now facing is a result of the Fulani man they emplaced.
But in a statement Thursday night by his Media aide, Kedinde Akinyemi, President Obasanjo denied authoring the purported letter.
“The trending story on the alleged plan by the former President to collude with the electoral body in the Presidential election of February 25 is completely false,” he noted.
The Spokesperson added that apart from the January 1 letter to Nigerian youths, and the other to Professor Toyin Falola on his 70th birthday, “there has been no other public or private letter written to anybody.
“The reading public is for the umpteenth time reminded that only a statement duly signed by Chief Olusegun Obasanjo or by his Media Assistant, Kehinde Akinyemi are to be allowed into the media space.
“If need be, necessary checks can be made to confirm the authenticity of such documents before publication to avoid any embarrassment,”