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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