Sultan of Sokoto distances self from Obi’s campaign as he denies endorsing him
The Sultan of Sokoto, Muhammad Sa’ad Abubakar has said that news making round that he endorsed the Labour Party presidential candidate, LP, Peter Obi, is false.
There are rumour that the Sultan, said Nigerians should hold him responsible if Obi failed to perform as president.
However, the monarch, through his Media Aide, Prince Bashir, denied Obi’s presence at that particular day.
Abubakar said such a report was false, while charging those behind it to produce evidence.
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.
“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.”
