Obasanjo's letter incites violence, says Osoba

Olayinka Olukoya | Abeokuta

Former Ogun State Governor, Chief Olusegun Osoba, said on Tuesday that the letter written by the former President, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, was “nothing but incitement to violence” .

Osoba said in an interview he gave to Continental Television, Lagos, monitored by the Nigerian Tribune, that the letter was more than an incitement.

He said, "Obasanjo's statement is more than an incitement.

"I believe there is a plan to scuttle the democratic process and I pray that this does not happen.

"I consider this statement a provocation to violence, but people decided not to be provoked."

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The former governor has expressed his dissatisfaction with various incitements posted on various social media platforms, which he says are detrimental to the current democratic process.

"There were other incitements like saying that the Ladipo market was attacked by thugs but the president of traders came out to debunk it.

"Some people also said that the Igbos had hoisted the Biafra flag in Ikeja, but that was not correct, it was rather the Labor Party flag flying there.

"An elder must learn not to be a pugilist," Osoba added.

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