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By Nasir Kura
The Presidency has dismissed the recent utterances by former President Olusegun Obasanjo that he would not remain neutral on the 2019 elections, as a sign of confusion not worthy of attention.
Speaking to journalists in Abuja on Wednesday, Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Mr. Garba Shehu, said 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.
He said the Presidency 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,” he said.
