Former President, Olusegun Obasanjo has described as fake news, reports that he had fled the country few days to the Presidential election in which he is rooting for the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP. Obasanjo who spoke with newsmen at his Presidential Library, Abeokuta, described the Social media post as “fake news,” wondering why he would fail to carry out his civic responsibility as a Nigerian.
“Why should I travel out of the country before the election?
“If not for anything, I believe I should be here to perform my civic responsibility, which is to vote according to the dictate of my heart tomorrow and on the second of March.
“Those who are carrying that type of rumour or fake news; I leave them in the hands of God; I am used to that kind of thing.
“In Yoruba land, if your head is hard, you don’t have to worry yourself.
“Let anybody tell lies against you, let anybody issue fake news against you, let anybody abuse you, God will deal with them rightly and appropriately.”
His statement followed a Facebook post by one Gbenga Lawal. He had posted: “Breaking: Obasanjo jets out of Nigeria. He can’t even wait for the thief he is imposing on Nigerians.”
