Former Nigeria President, Olusegun Obasanjo is said to have gone into hiding since the announcement of President Muhammadu Buhari as the winner of the last Saturday, February 23 Presidential election in the country.
Obasanjo, who had been quite vocal in the build-p to the election has, however, appears to have suddenly gone into hiding by keeping silent since the result was announced.
Correspondent of the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reported that telephone calls made to Obasanjo’s Media Aide, Kehinde Akinyemi, were not picked while text messages sent to him for reaction were neither acknowledged nor replied.
NAN recalls that Obasanjo, had severally castigated Buhari, and openly campaigned against him few months to the election.
The former president also endorsed and adopted Atiku Abubakar, the presidential candidate of the major opposition party, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), whom he had once accused and condemned over corruption claims.
He had also told Nigerians that God would not forgive him (Obasanjo) if he ever supported Atiku to be president, but later changed political gear to ensure that Buhari was not re-elected. The presidency has however repeatedly asked Nigerians to ignore Obasanjo, saying that Buhari’s performance in office was enough to earn him re-election.
From the results announced by INEC, Buhari had defeated Atiku in Obasanjo’s polling unit in Abeokuta and also scored a total of 15,191,847 to defeat Atiku, his closest rival who scored 11,262,978 votes.
Source: NAN.
