FORMER President Olusegun Obasanjo has denied reports that he
deliberately arrived late at the birthday celebration of former
President Shehu Shagari, after the departure of President Goodluck
Jonathan and other past leaders.
President Shagari’s 90th birthday was marked on Wednesday with
President Jonathan and all former Nigerian leaders, except Major-General
Muhammadu Buhari, who was in the United Kingdom in attendance.
Obasanjo arrived only after Jonathan and the former leaders had left after the cutting of the birthday cake.
“I have read, with dismay, the imputation of some section of the
media to the unfortunate incident of my not being able to be with my
colleagues at the birthday celebration of President Shehu Shagari,”
Obasanjo said in a statement on Friday.
“Leaving Abeokuta at 6:45 a.m. and hoping to fly out of Lagos airport
at 8:30 a.m. to Sokoto, we ran into a very bad traffic hold-up that
made me get to Lagos airport at 10:45 a.m.”
“I did not arrive at Shagari’s house until about mid-day by which
time the team of my colleagues had left. It is a pity that the media did
not report my profuse apologies to both Shagari and other colleagues
when I spoke at Shagari’s house,” he added.
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