The Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Muhammad Sa’ad Abubakar on Thursday refuted the claim that he endorsed the presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), Peter Obi.
The Sultan, who described the reported endorsement of Obi as false, said he would not be dragged into politics, warning those peddling falsehood of his purported endorsement of a presidential candidate to desist from such.
A report had quoted Abubakar as saying Nigerians should hold him responsible if Obi fails to perform as president.
However, the Sultan of Sokoto in a statement by his media aide, Prince Bashir said Obi never visited the Sultan’s palace on Wednesday or Thursday, saying 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.”