Obasanjo denies endorsing Tinubu for presidency

Ex-President, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, has denied reports that he endorsed the presidential ambition of the APC candidate, Bola Tinubu, when he visited him in Abeokuta.

Obasanjo’s Special Assistant on Media, Kehinde Akinyemi, in a statement on Saturday said former president said the statements coming from those claiming to be supporters of Tinubu are unhelpful.

He said the discussion during the visit was “more brotherly than political.”

Obasanjo’s media aide further said the former President has neither agreed nor disapproved of Tinubu’s ‘request’.

He said, “Those claiming to be insiders at the meeting issuing statement on the discussion and those crediting to me statement I had not made are enemies of the visitor and are not doing the visit any good.”

Recall that Tinubu had visited Obasanjo at the former President’s private residence within the Olusegun Obasanjo Presidential Library on Wednesday.