As Nigeria celebrates June 12, former Secretary to the
Government of the Federation, SGF, Chief Olu Falae, has insisted that he won
the 1999 presidential election.
Falae claimed that he won the election with election with
1.5 million votes, adding that the result was confirmed to “him by the late
Ambassador Antonio Oladeinde Fernandez,” who reportedly saw the results in the
possession of American officials.
Speaking with Arise Television, Falae said the military
installed former President Olusegun Obasanjo because he was a retired Army general.
The former SGF insisted that the military wanted someone who
would shield them from scrutiny, hence the choice of Obasanjo as winner of the
1999 presidential election.
According to Falae, the military was uncomfortable with
handing over power to a “thoroughbred civilian.”
“I have no doubt in my mind, and most Nigerians have no
doubt whatsoever, that it was I that they voted for.
“I was ready to govern. I had spent my life in public and
private service without blemish. I was better prepared.”
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