*Asks ex-President to tell Nigerians why he didn’t attend
*Obasanjo a big shame at over 80 – Concerned Citizens
*His ‘Fulanisation and Islamisation’ cry quickly fading off – Respondents
Nigeria’s Presidency has revealed that former President Olusegun Obasanjo was nowhere near the truth in his recent claim that he was not invited to maiden June 12 Democracy Day Celebration.
Explaining his conspicuous absence at thetevent, Obasanjo had told a section of the press that he did not attend because he was not invited by those who organised the event on behalf of the Federal Government.
But the Presidency in a statement by Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Mallam Garba Shehu, said he liked as, according to him, Secretary to the Government, Boss Mustapha wrote on May 16th, 2019 to him inviting him to the first of its kind event.
Shehu however regretted that elements bent on polarising the country had exploited on the misleading information by Obasanjo to throw banters at the Muhammadu Buhari Administration.
“The former President, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, owes an answer to Nigerians on his absence from the 2019 Presidential inauguration and Democracy Day celebration because the claim that he was not invited or he did not receive an invitation cannot be sustained.
“Since the claim was first made, elements in the polity that have deliberately and consistently been trying to lead the country toward polarization have cashed in on it, throwing all manner of rubbish at the Buhari Presidency.” He explained.
The statement went further to say that the fact remains that the Secretary to the Government, Boss Mustapha wrote on May 16th, 2019 to the ex-President, quoting the address he described as Obasanjo’s known address: “His Excellency, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, GCFR, Former President, Federal Republic of Nigeria, Agbe L’Oba House, Quarry Road, Ibara, P.O.Box 2286, Abeokuta, Ogun State.”
The invitation, the Presidency said, “was sent to Chief Obasanjo’s known forwarding address, detailing out all the major events, and the invitation cards were delivered by a reputable courier company as confirmed.”
It said: “The receipt of the letter and invitation cards as delivered by the courier company was confirmed by Mr. Taiwo Ojo, the long standing Personal Secretary to the former President.
“If, in the circumstance, Chief Obasanjo did not see or receive the letter and invitation cards as published by Vanguard newspaper (Page 16, June 16, 2019) and several other news platforms, then the former President needs to find out what is happening with his own secretariat.
“The government office did its job diligently and should not be blemished for no reason.”
In the meantime, Obasanjo has been dismissed as a big shame to Nigeria and the people in foreign who trusted him as Nigeria for relinquishing power to democratically elected government as military Head of State.
This is as some of the Respondents reacting to him said the former president’s was not genuine as it showed his yet another gimmick for running Buhari government down through renewed ‘Fulanisation and Islamisation’ whipped up sentiment was fast fading off.
