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...For a better society... Saturday, December 11 2004 Vol 13 No.44 News Events Cover Issues Politics Foreign News The Art Ladies & Gentlemen Saturday Sports Panache Weekend Circuit Weekend Business Special Snap Shot Interview Obasanjo denies Rawlings’ allegation LERE OJEDOKUN, Abuja PRESIDENT Olusegun Obasanjo yesterday refuted allegations by the former Ghanaian President Jerry Rawlings that he (Obasanjo) provided logistic support for the re-election of President John Kuffor. Presidential spokesperson, Mrs. Oluremi Oyo, described the allegations as "unfortunate and unbefitting of a person of the status of Rawlings. She said President Obasanjo did not in any way meddle in the elections, insisting that as a respected African leader and chairman of the African Union (AU), he would not do anything "untoward" in the running of the affairs of any country. Ex-President Rawlings had accused President Obasanjo of assisting President Kuffor to win the polls by sending election monitors, headed by the chairman, Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Dr. Abel Guobadia and detachment of soldiers to the former Gold Coast. But Mrs. Oyo asserted that "there is no iota of truth whatsoever in the fact that President Olusegun Obasanjo had anything to do that will be untoward in the Ghanaian election." She said that "the president worked hard to ensure that there are no malpractices in election in Nigeria. Why would he want to export anything other than good practices?" The Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media further explained that there were many eminent Nigerian journalists covering the election and none of them had reported any electoral malpractice linked to Obasanjo. Ghanaians, she said, have a lot of respect for the Nigerian leader "and there is no evidence whatsoever of Nigerian soldiers or anyone on the ground there." Mrs. Oyo noted that President Obasanjo was a lover of democracy which was why he showed much enthusiasm at the successful conduct of general elections in Niger Republic recently. Meanwhile, President Obasanjo today begins a state visit to Egypt which the spokesperson said was expected to boost bilateral and trade relations between both countries. She said the visit was on the invitation of his Egyptian counterpart, President Hosni Mubarak, noting that the visit was significant because the two countries represented Africa’s largest economy. "So the visit of the president to discuss the NEPAD programme and also seek further solution to the crises that bedevil our continent, of which the president to passionate about seeking on African solution," she said. � 2004 @ Champion Newspapers Limited (All Right Reserved). Powered By dnetsystems.net dnet�

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