Former President Olusegun Obasanjo, has cautioned supporters of All Progressive Congress APC, presidential candidate, Bola Tinubu, over reports that he endorsed him.
This was contained in a statement by Obasanjo’s Special Assistant on Media, Kehinde Akinyemi, on Saturday, the former president said the statements coming from those claiming to be supporters of Tinubu are ‘unhelpful’.
It will be Recall that the Speaker of House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila, said on Thursday, that their visit to former president at Abeokuta was sign of victory in the 2023 general elections
Gbajabiamila said he was present at the closed-door meeting on Wednesday and from what he heard there, Tinubu’s presidency was almost a reality.”
Reacting to the report, Obasanjo said the statement credited to him is fake and that the people behind the report are not helpful to the candidate.
Obasanjo said, “Those claiming to be insiders at the meeting issuing statement on the discussion and those crediting to me statement I had not made are enemies of the visitor and are not doing the visit any good.
Adding that the discussion during the visit was “more brotherly than political.”