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Billionaire businessman and chairman of Forte Oil, Femi Otedola, has denied news making the rounds that he will contest as governor of Lagos State come 2019.
The insinuations were based on a viral video shared by the business mogul where he (Otedola) transited on a public vehicle popularly called ‘molue’ from Sango in Ogun State to Agege in Lagos.
Recall that the billionaire businessman recently joined social networking platforms; Twitter and Instagram.
The rumours became widespread after a tweet from a parody account on Twitter claimed that the Forte Oil boss will seek to slug it out with Governor Akinwunmi Ambode of Lagos in the coming governorship race.
But Otedola debunked the rumour in a tweet in the early hours of Friday.
“My attention has been drawn to a news piece where false information from a parody account was posted,” the tweet read.
“I am a man of the people and I will always be on the side of the masses but I am stating clearly via this medium that I am not running for office.”
To show that he has no ulterior motives, the billionaire commended Governor Ambode, insisting he is doing a good job.
“The Governor of Lagos State is doing a commendable job and Lagosians should be proud of him,” he tweeted.