2023: Sultan Says His Endorsement Of Obi Is Fake News

Abubakar Sa’ad, the Sultan of Sokoto has debunked reports linking him with the endorsement of Peter Obi, presidential candidate of the Labour Party, LP.

Obi, a frontrunner in the February 25 presidential election has received a slew of endorsement from prominent Nigerians to boost his bid for the nation top job.

Among those that have thrown their weight behind the former Anambra state governor include former President Olusegun Obasanjo, Afe Babalola, a senior Advocate of Nigeria, SAN, Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue state, who recently said he would have led the campaign for the LP candidate if he’s not for his affiliation with the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP.

Recently, there were reports that Sultan Abubakar, a respected traditional ruker and head of Muslims in the counrty has finally endorsed Obi.

The report claimed that the Sultan endorsed Obi when he visited his palace on Wednesday.
But in a statement by his media aide Prince Bashir on Thursday, the Sultan “challenged” the peddlers of such reports to provide evidence where he endorsed the LP presidential hopeful.

The LP candidate did not visit his palace, the traditional ruler said, describing the report as fake news.
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.”