Nigeria: Obasanjo Denies Fleeing Nigeria, Says He's Ready to Vote

16 February 2019

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has described as "fake news" the trending social media post that he had left Nigeria ahead of the elections beginning today.

The former president, who showed up at his Presidential Library in Abeokuta yesterday, asked journalists "Why should I travel out of the country before the election?"

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