Obasanjo Disowns Fake Social Media Accounts, Warns Perpetrators

Olusegun-ObasanjoFormer President Olusegun Obasanjo has disowned all the social media accounts operating in his name, saying they do not belong to him neither are the opinions expressed via such accounts a reflection of his views.

He said this in Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital on Monday.

The ex-president was reacting to a twitter account, @newsvergeonline, which had posted a tweet on Sunday, claiming that he had described the Director of Media and Publicity of the Peoples Democratic Party Presidential Campaign Organisation, Femi Fani-Kayode, as a “democracy wrecker”.

He said the fake twitter account with his 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’.

Dismissing the twitter account and others, Chief Obasanjo explained that all his previous accounts on either Facebook or Twitter had long been blocked.

“I don’t know where this comes from. I don’t have any account on either the Facebook or Twitter again. Go and block it”, he said.

The former president used the opportunity to caution those using his name to operate illegal social media accounts, warning that the security agencies had been placed on the alert to fish out the perpetrators.

He said, “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”.