Former President Olusegun Obasanjo, yesterday, brushed aside
reports that he had been dropped from the African Union, AU, Observer Mission
to Zimbabwe’s forthcoming general elections.
Speaking on telephone from China, where he is presently on a
private mission, Obasanjo debunked the speculations, saying that he was headed
for his assignment to Zimbabwe as head of the AU Observer Mission to monitor
the July 31 elections.
Obasanjo was recently named at the head of a 60-man observer
mission for the Zimbabwean election by chairperson of AU Commission, Dr.
Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma.
The international observer mission also includes one time
governor of Abia State, Dr. Orji Uzor Kalu.
Reports, earlier yesterday, had alleged that Obasanjo had been
dropped both as leader and team member of the observer mission.
An e-mail message to the AU secretariat on the issue had not
been replied at press time, yesterday.
Asked if he was still going to Zimbabwe yesterday, on telephone,
Obasanjo quipped:
”Who said I am not going?”
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