Obasanjo speaks on meeting Osinbajo behind closed door
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has reacted to reports in the media
that he held a meeting with Vice President Prof. Yemi Osinbajo at his
Ota Farm, Ogun State, on Wednesday.
Reports circulated during the week of a meeting between Obasanjo, Osinbajo, and the Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi.
But in a statement signed by his media aide, Kehinde Akinyemi, on Friday, the former President said the report was false.
“It is a fact that severally, the former president has dissociated himself from owning any social media account.
“Therefore, it is highly disappointing that such sensitive Twitter post
would be allowed to go on air without verification by the African
Independent Television (AIT),” the statement stated.
Obasanjo further urged the media to always be professional in
discharging their duties and to refrain from creating unnecessary
confusion and heating up the polity.
He added, “There was no meeting with the Vice President anywhere. I was
at the airport and was informed that he was around in the lounge and out
of courtesy; I felt I should go and greet him. We met, greeted and
exchanged pleasantries and I left. That was all.
“The station should have been very professional and not causing
confusion and heating up the polity. That I am not operating any social
media account should not be strange to a station like AIT, and for that
embarrassment, the Vice President and I deserve an apology,” Mr Obasanjo
said.
The Vice President had earlier on dismissed claims that the meeting was a
closed-door one aimed at lobbying the former president ahead of the
2019 election.
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