President Akufo-Addo says he has never backed any presidential candidate in the upcoming Nigerian presidential election.
Some media reports suggested President Akufo-Addo was interfering in the upcoming Nigerian elections and gone ahead to write to the All Progressives Congress (APC) leader, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, to him to step aside and give Peter Obi a chance.
But President Akufo-Addo in a tweet on Tuesday (9 August) said, “My attention has been drawn to a disturbing post making the rounds on social media, where it is alleged I have written to the 2023 presidential candidate of the APC, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, to give Peter Obi a chance and seek treatment for his health.”
“This is completely false and mischievous, with no iota of truth whatsoever in it.”
“I have written no such letter to the APC leader, and it will not occur to me to do so. Ghana and Nigeria boast of decades of cordial, strong and brotherly relations, and I am not going to be the one to interfere in the internal affairs and politics of Nigeria.”
Nigeria will hold presidential election on February 25, 2023 with the trio of Bola Tinubu of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Peter Obi of the Labour Party (LP) and Atiku Abubakar of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) seeking to take over the mantle from current President Muhammadu Buhari, who cannot run for office again after serving two terms.