FAKE NEWS ALERT: Obasanjo didn't author letter accusing Britain of rigging 2003 elections, says aide | TheCable FakeNews
Author:Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has disowned a viral letter, alleged to have been authored by him, asking Britain not to interfere in the forthcoming general election.published by some media outlets, Obasanjo was said to have asked Britain to “back down on the 2023 election and allow Nigerians to decide their candidate for once.” The letter claimed Britain attempted to rig the 2003 elections.
However, in a statement on Thursday, Kehinde Akinyemi, Obasanjo’s spokesperson, said the former president had no links with the viral letter.He added that the alleged plan by the former president to collude with the electoral body in the presidential election of February 25 is false. “Also, apart from the letters dated January 1, 2023, respectively, one, that which was addressed to the Nigerian youth and the other to Prof. Toyin Falola on his 70th birthday, there has been no other public or private letter written to anybody by the former president.“The reading public is for the umpteenth time, reminded that only a statement duly signed by His Excellency, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, or by his media assistant, Kehinde Akinyemi is to be allowed into the media space.
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