Contrary to speculations from several quarters that the former
President, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo has social media accounts,
especially
on Facebook and Twitter, the Balogun of Owu Kingdom has declared that
there was no official account on any social media operated by him.
A
social media twitter account, @newsvergeonline had yesterday, posted a
tweet, claiming that the former President had described the Director of
Media and Publicity of the Peoples Democratic Party, Presidential
Campaign Organisation, PDPPCO, Femi Fani-Kayode, as a “democracy
wrecker.”
Checks revealed that the tweet account with name,
Olusegun A. Obasanjo posted the story with caption: “Fani-Kayode is a
democracy wrecker, who’s very fluent in stupidity. Give him food, and he
will sing and do “shoki” dance for you.”
While reacting to the
information, Obasanjo on Monday dismissed the account, declaring that
all his previous accounts on either Facebook or Twitter had long been
blocked.
When our correspondent contacted him at his hilltop
residence in Abeokuta to comment on the Twitter account, Obasanjo who
was busy playing a traditional game called ‘Ayo’ with a friend said: “I
don’t know where this came from. I don’t have any account on either the
Facebook or Twitter again, go and block it,” Obasanjo instructed.
The
former president however used the opportunity to caution those using
his name to operate illegal social media accounts, warning that, “the
security agencies have been placed on alert to fish out the
perpetrators.
“Let me say that, nemesis will catch up with anyone
doing this. It is illegal and criminal. If I have to pass any message to
the good people of Nigeria, I know how to go about it with no
controversy,” he said.
When our correspondent checked the Twitter
account @SegunObasanjo, the social media platform returned a message
that read: “Sorry, that page doesn’t exist!”
Source:PM News
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