{"id":166617,"date":"2025-06-12T21:28:12","date_gmt":"2025-06-12T20:28:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/june-12-election-victory-and-obasanjos-presidency"},"modified":"2025-06-12T22:43:07","modified_gmt":"2025-06-12T21:43:07","slug":"june-12-election-victory-and-obasanjos-presidency","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/june-12-election-victory-and-obasanjos-presidency","title":{"rendered":"June 12 Election Victory and Obasanjo&#8217;s Presidency"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>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.<\/p>\n<p>Falae claimed that he won the election with election with 1.5 million votes, adding that the result was confirmed to \u201chim by the late Ambassador Antonio Oladeinde Fernandez,\u201d who reportedly saw the results in the possession of American officials.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking with Arise Television, Falae said the military installed former President Olusegun Obasanjo because he was a retired Army general.<\/p>\n<p>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.<\/p>\n<p>According to Falae, the military was uncomfortable with handing over power to a \u201cthoroughbred civilian.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI have no doubt in my mind, and most Nigerians have no doubt whatsoever, that it was I that they voted for.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI was ready to govern. I had spent my life in public and private service without blemish. I was better prepared.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Nigeria<\/span> Follow <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. 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 \u201chim by the late Ambassador Antonio [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":166616,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,14],"tags":[254,479,8643],"class_list":["post-166617","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-policy","tag-nigeria","tag-obasanjo","tag-olu-falae"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>June 12 Election Victory and Obasanjo&#039;s Presidency - Nigeria<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"As Nigeria celebrates June 12, former Secretary to the Government of the Federation, SGF, Chief Olu Falae, has insisted ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/june-12-election-victory-and-obasanjos-presidency\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"June 12 Election Victory and Obasanjo&#039;s Presidency\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"As Nigeria celebrates June 12, former Secretary to the Government of the Federation, SGF, Chief Olu Falae, has insisted ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/june-12-election-victory-and-obasanjos-presidency\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Nigeria\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-06-12T20:28:12+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-06-12T21:43:07+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2025\/06\/sm_1749752040.529607.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1062\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"598\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/june-12-election-victory-and-obasanjos-presidency#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/june-12-election-victory-and-obasanjos-presidency\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"June 12 Election Victory and Obasanjo&#8217;s Presidency\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-06-12T20:28:12+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-06-12T21:43:07+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/june-12-election-victory-and-obasanjos-presidency\"},\"wordCount\":185,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/june-12-election-victory-and-obasanjos-presidency#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2025\/06\/sm_1749752040.529607.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Nigeria\",\"Obasanjo\",\"Olu FAlae\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"Policy\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/june-12-election-victory-and-obasanjos-presidency#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/june-12-election-victory-and-obasanjos-presidency\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/june-12-election-victory-and-obasanjos-presidency\",\"name\":\"June 12 Election Victory and Obasanjo's Presidency - 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