The former president of Nigeria 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!”
