GUBERNATORIAL ELECTION: OBASANJO DOES NOT VOTE FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE 1999

Olusegun Obasanjo

During Saturday's gubernatorial and state House of Assembly elections, former President of Nigeria Olusegun Obasanjo did not appear at his voting unit 22, Ward 11, Olusomi complex, Totoro, region of Abeokuta-North local government area of the state, Ogun State.

This is the first time the two-time Nigerian president has not voted in an election since 1999.

He is said to have left Nigeria 10 days before the governorship and state assembly elections and has yet to return.

After Nigeria's restoration to democracy from military rule in 1999, Obasanjo became the country's first elected president. In 2003, he was re-elected for a second term.