Former President Olusegun Obasanjo on Thursday rejected former Ogun State Governor, Chief Olusegun Osoba’s account of the political events leading to the 2003 general elections, insisting that he never deceived the leadership of the Alliance for Democracy.
In a lengthy statement titled, “Reply to Your Inaccurate Posture: ‘How Obasanjo Deceived Us in 2003’,” the former President described Osoba’s article published in The Legal Observer on July 20 as inaccurate, incomplete and “farfetched.”
Obasanjo also alleged that his former Vice-President, Atiku Abubakar, sponsored an impeachment plot against him during his first term and secretly worked with some political actors to stop his re-election in 2003.
He disclosed details of the political intrigues that shaped the country’s Fourth Republic.
The former President said he took “strong and serious objection” to Osoba’s allegation that he deceived the Yoruba political leadership ahead of the 2003 elections.
“I take strong and serious objection to your
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