Report that I have fled Nigeria is Fake News – Obasanjo
Former Nigeria’s President Olusegun Obasanjo has described reports on social media that he has fled the country ahead of the Presidential election as Fake News.
The former president, who briefed reporters on Friday in Abeokuta said he would stay in Nigeria and vote according to his conscience.
Obasanjo reacted to a Facebook post of one Gbenga Lawal who posted: “Breaking: Obasanjo jets out of Nigeria. He can’t even wait for the thief he is imposing on Nigerians.”
“Why should I travel out of the country before the election? If not for anything, I believe I should be here to perform my civic responsibility, which is to vote according to the dictate of my heart tomorrow and on the second of March.
“Those who are carrying that type of rumour or fake news; I leave them in the hands of God; I am used to that kind of thing. In Yoruba land, if your head is hard, you don’t have to worry yourself.
Obasanjo noted that the 2019 polls should serve as a platform for Nigeria to demonstrate to the world that its democracy had deepened.
“I believe that Saturday should be a Red Letter day for all Nigerians. A day when we should be able to say to everyone that we have firmly stabilised our democracy,” he said.
He expressed concern over reports of discovery of thumb-printed ballot papers in parts of the country, saying, it will be unfortunate if such reports are true.
Obasanjo urged the Independent National Electoral Commission(INEC) to take precautions against such development and thwart the plans of perpetrators of such evil.
