Nigeria’s former president, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, on Sunday, recounted how his vehicle had a burst tyre on the Ibadan-Lagos expressway, and thanked Nigerians for their show of concern about his welfare.
Obasanjo declared that he was hale and hearty and presently in Abidjan, Cote d’voire, where he was observing the presidential election, which started on Sunday.
In a release signed by his Assistant, Vitalis Ortese, Obasanjo said that he was “indeed involved in an incident on the Ibadan-Lagos expressway, after Sagamu roundabout, while he was on his way to join in the celebrations of the 80th birthday anniversary of Chief Kessington Adebutu, in Tinubu Methodist Church Lagos.
The left, rear tyre of Obasanjo’s vehicle busted and swerved several times, but did not hit any curb or any car in front or behind until it did a 180 degree turn and faced where it was coming from and he had board another vehicle.”
It was gathered that the former President, left for the French speaking West African country after attending Adebutu’s programme and was in high spirit preparing for the elections, until he started receiving calls from family members, friends and associates expressing concern about his welfare.
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