Former Nigerian President, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, has debunked claims that he has thrown his weight behind the South-East part of the country to produce the next president.
There were reports of the former President saying that the South-East region should produce a successor to President Muhammadu Buhari.
The report stated that Obasanjo said it while receiving Mao Ohuabunwa, a presidential aspirant, in Abeokuta, Ogun State, on Thursday.
According to the report, the former president stated that south easterners could bring a lot to the table if elected.
But in his reaction, Obasanjo said an aspirant from the region, Mr. Mao Ohuabunwa could not put words in his mouth.
Obasanjo spoke through his Media Aide, Kehinde Akinyemi, in a statement made available to newsmen in Abeokuta.
He said, “If that was the way the presidential aspirant wanted to approach his ambition, such was a wrong way.
“He came here and the former president received him as a gentleman and in the spirit of his 85th birthday celebrations only for him to go and put words into his mouth. Baba is not that sort of man and if that is the way he wants to fulfill his ambition, that is a wrong way.”