Nigeria: I Was Misled Into Attending George's Reception - Obasanjo

5 March 2011

Former president Olus-egun Obasanjo Friday said he was deceived into participating in the elaborate reception ceremony recently held in Lagos in honour of the former National Vice Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, Chief Bode George, after completing his two-year jail term.

While addressing newsmen in Abeokuta , Ogun State , Obasanjo said his attendance at the ceremony was an error.

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