Copies
of the 13-page statement addressed to President Muhammadu Buhari by a
former Nigerian President has flooded the major cities of the country by
hawkers in traffic.
Man hawking Obasanjo's statement to Buhari
The highly publicized 13-page statement by former Nigerian
President, Olusegun Obasanjo, which was addressed to President Muhammadu
Buhari, has been spotted on traffic in major cities around the country.
Some copies of the ‘special statement’ printed and bound were
spotted by correspondent being displayed and sold in traffic around
major parts of the Lagos city as well as major places in Abuja, the
Federal Capital Territory.
While speaking to a PREMIUM Times correspondent, one of the hawkers
in the Maryland area of Lagos on Thursday morning, attributed the
development to the ingenuity of the Nigerian spirit.
The hawker who identified himself simply as Joe, said; “We have
to sell and make money. People sold it too when Baba (Obasanjo) wrote a
similar one to (Goodluck) Jonathan back then. Everyone wants to read
it.”
It was gathered that the prices varied between N300 to N500 and more, depending on the seller.
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