When contacted by NAN following Obasanjo’s absence from his polling unit, the former President’s media aide, Kehinde Akinyemi, said that his boss travelled out of the country 10 days before the election.
By Jeffrey Agbo
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo will not be participating in the 2023 governorship and state assembly elections on Saturday.
The ex-president was not sighted by observers at his Ward 11, Unit 22 of Ilusomi Compound, Sokori area of Abeokuta North Local Government Area.
Obasanjo had called on the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to halt the collation of results of the February 25 Presidential and National Assembly polls and investigate allegations of disenfranchisement and violence.
When contacted by NAN following Obasanjo’s absence from his polling unit, the former President’s media aide, Kehinde Akinyemi, said that his boss travelled out of the country 10 days before the election.
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Akinyemi said Obasanjo, who was on an international assignment, was billed to return on Friday.
He said: “Chief Obasanjo has travelled outside the country on international assignment, 10 days ago, to India, U.S and UK.
“He was supposed to return back to the country yesterday, March 17, but he could not make it.”
Meanwhile, Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, Governor Dapo Abiodun and former governor Ibikunle Amosun have all voted in Ogun State.
