Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has denied reports that he endorsed the All Progressives Congress Presidential candidate, Bola Tinubu.
Obasanjo expressed dissatisfaction with what he described as unauthorised report of the discussion at the closed doors meeting when the former Lagos Governor paid him a visit.
The former president in a statement issued by his Special Assistant on Media, Kehinde Akinyemi, on Saturday, said the statements coming from those claiming to be supporters of Bola Tinubu are unhelpful.
Recall that the Speaker of House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila, had said that what transpired during the meeting between Obasanjo and Tinubu was a sign of victory for Tinubu come 2023.
Gbajabiamila had on Thursday, while speaking at the Surulere Local Government Area APC meeting in Surulere, Lagos, said he was present at the closed-door meeting on Wednesday in Abeokuta.
He claimed that from what he heard there, Tinubu’s presidency was almost a reality.
Reacting to the claim, 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.”
