(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 โi๐ ๐ฎ๐ค๐ช ๐๐ง๐ ๐ก๐ค๐ค๐ ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐๐ค๐ง ๐ฉ๐๐ค๐ง๐ค๐ช๐๐๐๐ง๐๐ ๐ฅ๐ค๐ก๐๐ฉ๐๐๐๐๐ฃ ๐ค๐ ๐ข๐๐จ๐ฉ๐๐ง๐จ ๐๐ก๐๐จ๐จ, ๐ซ๐๐จ๐๐ฉ ๐๐๐๐ค๐จ ๐ฝ๐ค๐ช๐ง๐๐๐ก๐ก๐ค๐ฃโ. Read the WhatsApp post in full below
โ๐ ๐๐ข ๐ฃ๐ค๐ฉ ๐ ๐ฅ๐ค๐ก๐๐ฉ๐๐๐๐๐ฃ, ๐ ๐๐ข ๐ ๐๐๐๐ค๐ง๐๐ฉ๐๐ ๐๐ค๐ก๐๐๐๐ง, ๐๐ฃ ๐ผ๐ง๐ข๐ฎ ๐๐๐ฃ๐๐ง๐๐ก. ๐๐ ๐ฎ๐ค๐ช ๐๐ง๐ ๐ก๐ค๐ค๐ ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐๐ค๐ง ๐ฉ๐๐ค๐ง๐ค๐ช๐๐๐๐ง๐๐ ๐ฅ๐ค๐ก๐๐ฉ๐๐๐๐๐ฃ ๐ค๐ ๐ข๐๐จ๐ฉ๐๐ง๐จ ๐๐ก๐๐จ๐จ, ๐ซ๐๐จ๐๐ฉ ๐๐๐๐ค๐จ ๐ฝ๐ค๐ช๐ง๐๐๐ก๐ก๐ค๐ฃ, ๐ฉ๐๐๐ง๐ ๐ฎ๐ค๐ชโ๐ก๐ก ๐๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ค๐ฃ๐โฆ..โ ๐๐๐๐จ๐๐ฃ๐๐ค
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โ๐๐ค๐ก๐๐ฉ๐๐๐จ ๐๐ค๐ฌ๐๐ซ๐๐ง ๐๐๐จ ๐ฃ๐ค ๐ฅ๐๐ง๐ข๐๐ฃ๐๐ฃ๐ฉ ๐๐ง๐๐๐ฃ๐๐จ ๐ค๐ง ๐๐ฃ๐๐ข๐๐๐จ, ๐๐ ๐ฎ๐ค๐ช ๐ง๐๐ข๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ข๐ ๐๐๐ค๐ช๐ฉ ๐ฌ๐๐๐ฉ ๐ฝ๐ค๐ก๐ ๐จ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ค๐ช๐ฉ ๐ข๐ 4๐ฎ๐ง๐จ ๐๐๐ค, ๐๐๐ซ๐ ๐ฎ๐ค๐ช ๐ง๐๐ข๐๐ฃ๐๐๐ ๐ฎ๐ค๐ช๐ง๐จ๐๐ก๐ ๐๐๐ค๐ช๐ฉ ๐ฌ๐๐๐ฉ ๐ ๐๐๐ ๐ฉ๐ค ๐๐๐ข ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐๐๐จ ๐๐๐๐ค๐จ ๐๐ค๐ซ๐ฉ ๐๐๐ค๐ช๐ฉ 20๐ฎ๐ง๐จ ๐๐๐ค? ๐ ๐๐ก๐ข๐ค๐จ๐ฉ ๐๐ง๐๐จ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐จ ๐๐ค๐ซ๐ฉ ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐จ๐ฉ๐๐ฉ๐, ๐ฃ๐ค ๐๐ค๐ซ๐๐ง๐ฃ๐ค๐ง ๐ค๐ง ๐๐ค๐ซ๐๐ง๐ฃ๐ข๐๐ฃ๐ฉ ๐๐ง๐ค๐ข 1999 ๐ฉ๐ค ๐๐๐ฉ๐ ๐๐ค๐ช๐ก๐ ๐๐๐ซ๐ ๐จ๐ช๐ง๐ซ๐๐ซ๐๐ ๐ฌ๐๐๐ฉ ๐ ๐๐๐ ๐ฉ๐ค ๐ฝ๐ค๐ก๐ ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐๐๐๐ค๐จ, ๐๐ค ๐๐ฃ๐. ๐๐ ๐จ๐ช๐ง๐ซ๐๐ซ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ช๐จ๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐จ ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐ข๐๐๐๐ ๐ฌ๐๐ฃ๐. ๐ ๐๐ค๐ฅ๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐ฉ๐จ ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ฃ๐๐ ๐ฉ๐ค ๐ฌ๐๐ซ๐ ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐ข๐๐๐๐ ๐ฌ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ค๐ซ๐๐ง ๐๐๐๐๐ง๐๐..โ ๐๐๐๐จ๐๐ฃ๐๐ค
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
