Obasanjo rejects Osoba’s alleged deceit claim, defends 2003 political decisions
Under the unwritten agreement, as the account goes, the AD governors would support Mr Obasanjo, a Yoruba man from Ogun State, for a second term as president, and he would return the gesture by supporting the governors to return for a second term on the AD platform.
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has dismissed allegations by former Ogun State Governor Olusegun Osoba that he deceived Alliance for Democracy (AD) leaders during the 2003 political realignments.
But Mr Obasanjo, in his rebuttal, Mr Obasanjo denied claims that he sought the support of six AD governors to survive political challenges, describing such assertions as unrealistic considering the PDP’s numerical strength.
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