{"id":241186,"date":"2023-01-12T23:34:08","date_gmt":"2023-01-12T22:34:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/?p=241186"},"modified":"2023-01-12T23:34:08","modified_gmt":"2023-01-12T22:34:08","slug":"obasanjo-denies-writing-uk-to-back-off-nigerias-2023-election","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2023\/01\/12\/obasanjo-denies-writing-uk-to-back-off-nigerias-2023-election\/","title":{"rendered":"Obasanjo denies writing UK to back off Nigeria\u2019s 2023 election"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has denied planning to scuttle Nigeria\u2019s 2023 elections.<\/p>\n<p>Some publications claim he wrote to the United Kingdom to back off the polls and allow Nigerians to decide the outcome.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2023\/01\/12\/obasanjo-trying-to-do-to-peter-obi-what-he-did-to-late-yaradua-adebayo-alleges\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Obasanjo<\/a> allegedly warned the UK authorities against interference, adding that it will not be business as usual.<\/p>\n<p>The former Head of State allegedly recalled that in 2002, the British government wanted to remove him.<\/p>\n<p>He allegedly said the European nation wanted to install a Fulani man whom they can control, but he overpowered them.<\/p>\n<p>Obasanjo allegedly told the UK that the problems Nigeria is facing is a result of the Fulani man they emplaced.<\/p>\n<p>A statement Thursday night by his media aide, Kedinde Akinyemi denied the purported letter.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe trending story on the alleged plan by the former President to collude with the electoral body in the Presidential election of February 25 is completely false\u201d, he noted.<\/p>\n<p>The spokesperson added that apart from the January 1 letter to youths, and the other to Prof. Toyin Falola on his 70th birthday, \u201cthere has been no other public or private letter written to anybody\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe reading public is for the umpteenth time reminded that only a statement duly signed by Chief Olusegun Obasanjo or by his Media Assistant, Kehinde Akinyemi are to be allowed into the media space.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf need be, necessary checks can be made to confirm the authenticity of such documents before publication to avoid any embarrassment\u201d, the statement added.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has denied planning to scuttle Nigeria\u2019s 2023 elections. 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