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The Presidency has said that former President Olusegun Obasanjo needs to explain to Nigerians why he was absent from the 2019 Presidential inauguration and Democracy Day celebrations in Abuja.
A statement by the Senior Special Assistant on Media and publicity, Garba Shehu, said that invitation cards were delivered to Obasanjoโs longtime secretary.
Garba statement reads: โThe former President, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, owes an answer to Nigerians on his absence from the 2019 Presidential inauguration and Democracy Day celebration because the claim that he was not invited or he did not receive an invitation cannot be sustained.
โSince the claim was first made, elements in the polity that have deliberately and consistently been trying to lead the country toward polarization have cashed in on it, throwing all manner of rubbish at the Buhari Presidency.
โThe fact remains that the Secretary to the Government, Boss Mustapha wrote on May 16th, 2019 to:
โHis Excellency, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, GCFR, Former President, Federal Republic of Nigeria, Agbe LโOba House, Quarry Road, Ibara, P.O.Box 2286, Abeokuta, Ogun State.โ
โThe invitation was sent to Chief Obasanjoโs known forwarding address, detailing out all the major events, and the invitation cards were delivered by a reputable courier company as confirmed.
He said that the receipt of the letter and invitation cards as delivered by the courier company was confirmed by Mr. Taiwo Ojo, the long-standing Personal Secretary to the former President.
โIf, in the circumstance, Chief Obasanjo did not see or receive the letter and invitation cards as published by Vanguard newspaper (Page 16, June 16, 2019) and several other news platforms, then the former President needs to find out what is happening with his own secretariat.
โThe government office did its job diligently and should not be blemished for no reason.โ he added
