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FACT CHECK: Has Obasanjo endorsed Tinubu for presidency 2023?

Nigeria Politics
(TT) – A viral WhatsApp message claims that Former Nigerian president, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo has endorsed Bola Tinubu the presidential flag bearer of All Progressives Congress (APC) for the 2023 presidential election.

The post has claimed that the elder statesman said that “i𝙛 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙖𝙧𝙚 𝙡𝙤𝙤𝙠𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙩𝙝𝙤𝙧𝙤𝙪𝙜𝙝𝙗𝙧𝙚𝙙 𝙥𝙤𝙡𝙞𝙩𝙞𝙘𝙞𝙖𝙣 𝙤𝙛 𝙢𝙖𝙨𝙩𝙚𝙧𝙨 𝙘𝙡𝙖𝙨𝙨, 𝙫𝙞𝙨𝙞𝙩 𝙇𝙖𝙜𝙤𝙨 𝘽𝙤𝙪𝙧𝙙𝙞𝙡𝙡𝙤𝙣”. Read the WhatsApp post in full below

“𝙄 𝙖𝙢 𝙣𝙤𝙩 𝙖 𝙥𝙤𝙡𝙞𝙩𝙞𝙘𝙞𝙖𝙣, 𝙄 𝙖𝙢 𝙖 𝙙𝙚𝙘𝙤𝙧𝙖𝙩𝙚𝙙 𝙎𝙤𝙡𝙙𝙞𝙚𝙧, 𝙖𝙣 𝘼𝙧𝙢𝙮 𝙂𝙚𝙣𝙚𝙧𝙖𝙡. 𝙄𝙛 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙖𝙧𝙚 𝙡𝙤𝙤𝙠𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙩𝙝𝙤𝙧𝙤𝙪𝙜𝙝𝙗𝙧𝙚𝙙 𝙥𝙤𝙡𝙞𝙩𝙞𝙘𝙞𝙖𝙣 𝙤𝙛 𝙢𝙖𝙨𝙩𝙚𝙧𝙨 𝙘𝙡𝙖𝙨𝙨, 𝙫𝙞𝙨𝙞𝙩 𝙇𝙖𝙜𝙤𝙨 𝘽𝙤𝙪𝙧𝙙𝙞𝙡𝙡𝙤𝙣, 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙚 𝙮𝙤𝙪’𝙡𝙡 𝙛𝙞𝙣𝙙 𝙤𝙣𝙚…..” 𝙊𝙗𝙖𝙨𝙖𝙣𝙟𝙤
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“𝙋𝙤𝙡𝙞𝙩𝙞𝙘𝙨 𝙝𝙤𝙬𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙧 𝙝𝙖𝙨 𝙣𝙤 𝙥𝙚𝙧𝙢𝙖𝙣𝙚𝙣𝙩 𝙛𝙧𝙞𝙚𝙣𝙙𝙨 𝙤𝙧 𝙚𝙣𝙚𝙢𝙞𝙚𝙨, 𝙞𝙛 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙧𝙚𝙢𝙞𝙣𝙙 𝙢𝙚 𝙖𝙗𝙤𝙪𝙩 𝙬𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝘽𝙤𝙡𝙖 𝙨𝙖𝙞𝙙 𝙖𝙗𝙤𝙪𝙩 𝙢𝙚 4𝙮𝙧𝙨 𝙖𝙜𝙤, 𝙝𝙖𝙫𝙚 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙧𝙚𝙢𝙞𝙣𝙙𝙚𝙙 𝙮𝙤𝙪𝙧𝙨𝙚𝙡𝙛 𝙖𝙗𝙤𝙪𝙩 𝙬𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙄 𝙙𝙞𝙙 𝙩𝙤 𝙝𝙞𝙢 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙇𝙖𝙜𝙤𝙨 𝙜𝙤𝙫𝙩 𝙖𝙗𝙤𝙪𝙩 20𝙮𝙧𝙨 𝙖𝙜𝙤? 𝙄 𝙖𝙡𝙢𝙤𝙨𝙩 𝙘𝙧𝙖𝙨𝙝𝙚𝙙 𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙜𝙤𝙫𝙩 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙨𝙩𝙖𝙩𝙚, 𝙣𝙤 𝙜𝙤𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙣𝙤𝙧 𝙤𝙧 𝙜𝙤𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙣𝙢𝙚𝙣𝙩 𝙛𝙧𝙤𝙢 1999 𝙩𝙤 𝙙𝙖𝙩𝙚 𝙘𝙤𝙪𝙡𝙙 𝙝𝙖𝙫𝙚 𝙨𝙪𝙧𝙫𝙞𝙫𝙚𝙙 𝙬𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙄 𝙙𝙞𝙙 𝙩𝙤 𝘽𝙤𝙡𝙖 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙇𝙖𝙜𝙤𝙨, 𝙉𝙤 𝙊𝙣𝙚. 𝙃𝙚 𝙨𝙪𝙧𝙫𝙞𝙫𝙚𝙙 𝙗𝙚𝙘𝙖𝙪𝙨𝙚 𝙝𝙚 𝙝𝙖𝙨 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙢𝙖𝙜𝙞𝙘 𝙬𝙖𝙣𝙙. 𝙄 𝙝𝙤𝙥𝙚 𝙝𝙚 𝙜𝙚𝙩𝙨 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙘𝙝𝙖𝙣𝙘𝙚 𝙩𝙤 𝙬𝙖𝙫𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙢𝙖𝙜𝙞𝙘 𝙬𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙤𝙫𝙚𝙧 𝙉𝙞𝙜𝙚𝙧𝙞𝙖..” 𝙊𝙗𝙖𝙨𝙖𝙣𝙟𝙤

Has the elder statesman said such?
Verification

Triumph Times can verify that such statement was never seen in any known verifiable source or media but is only seen circulating on WhatsApp.

Verdict

The claim that Former Nigerian president, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo has endorsed Bola Tinubu for 2023 election is therefore FALSE

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