The Presidency has dismissed the recent utterances by former
president Olusegun Obasanjo, as a sign of confusion not worthy of
attention.
Speaking to journalists in Abuja on Wednesday, presidential
spokesperson, Garba Shehu, said that whoever Obasanjo chooses to support
at the 2019 elections is irrelevant, as the former president had
publicly changed his mind on the matter so many times over the past few
months alone.
“Former president Obasanjo denounces one person today and supports
that same person the next day. When it pleases him, he brings God into
the matter and uses that as his excuse for whatever position he has
chosen,” he said.
Shehu added that he was not surprised that newspapers reported
Obasanjo expressing neutrality at a weekend forum, only for the former
president to express a completely different stance after a day or two.
“We have learnt not to take his utterances seriously anymore. We know
that the slightest wind can make him change his mind again. After all,
this is the same man who publicly tore his party registration card
barely four years ago, and he now claims to be backing the same party,”
Shehu said.
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