2023 Presidency: Has Sultan of Sokoto Finally Endorsed Peter Obi ?

Ongoing speculations have rumoured that the prominent traditional ruler, Sultan of Sokoto endorsed the Labour Party’s flagbearer, Peter Obi to be elected president of Nigeria.

Earlier, The Eagle reported that the Sultan made a call to Nigerians to elect someone of good moral character.

He also admonished Nigerians to exercise caution when casting their ballots as the country’s general elections drew near.

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In light of this, online rumours sprung up alleging that the monarch had endorsed the LP’s presidential candidate.

In fact, a report had quoted Abubakar as saying Nigerians should hold him responsible if Obi failed to perform as president.

Reacting to this rumour, the Sultan has denied endorsing Peter Obi and has tagged the speculations as false.

A statement by the monarch’s Media Aide, Prince Bashir said Obi never visited his palace on Wednesday or Thursday.

The statement reads: “For the avoidance of doubt, the statement is fake because such an irresponsible write-up, credited to him, could not have emanated from anywhere near or around His Eminence Alhaji Muhammad Sa’ad Abubakar, the Sultan of Sokoto and President of NSCIA.

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“It would interest Nigerians to know that the Presidential Candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi, was not one of those that paid a visit to the palace, whether on Wednesday or Thursday.

“The simple challenge is to ask them to publish a copy of the letter purportedly written by the Sultan or a video or audio clip where he endorsed Peter Obi and denied APC’s Tinubu as contained in their peddled fakeness.”