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Nigeria Police denies being snubbed by Obasanjo

The Nigeria Police has denied that former President Olusegun Obasanjo stormed out of an event it organised in Lagos state on Thursday, March 2.
Nigeria Police denies being snubbed by Obasanjo
The Police say Obasanjo did not abandon their event but was understanding and did his part.
Premium Times reports that the police made the denial on Friday, March 3 in a statement by Kayode Aderanti, the Assistant Inspector-General of Police in charge of Zone II.
While Aderanti admitted that the event did not kick off on time, he noted Obasanjo understood their situation and stayed behind to perform the functions delegated to him before leaving.
Aderanti said: “Former president Olusegun Obasanjo in his usual fatherly manner and once being a uniformed personnel himself, came into the hall and still went ahead to deliver his remarks as earlier scheduled."
The police chief added that Mr. Obasanjo stayed behind at the Federal Palace Hotel venue of the event to take pictures with guests and accompanied his statement with some of the pictures.
“In fact, the former president took his time to pose for pictures with dignitaries, seminar participants and other people individually (as is evident in the picture used in the said stories) – a clear sign he did not ‘storm’ out of the event as alleged,” he said.
Recall that widespread reports on Thursday claimed that Obasanjo stormed out of a capacity-building event organised by the police because the organisers were behind schedule.

 

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