Ghana president: I did not ask Tinubu to step down for Peter Obi

President of Ghana, Nana Akufo-Addo, has described as fake news report claiming he asked All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential candidate, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, to step down for his Labour Party counterpart, Peter Obi.

In a statement on Teusday, Akufo-Addo said such claim is false and mischievous as he did not author such a post and will never interfere in Nigeria’s internal affairs and politics.

“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’,” Akufo-Addo wrote.

“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.”