President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has taken former President Olusegun Obasanjo to the cleaners for saying that Port Harcourt refinery will start working in December 2023 as promised by his government.

Tinubu in a statement by his media aide said:

“Former President Olusegun Obasanjo, with due respect to him, is not an engineer. He’s not the engineer working at the refineries.”

“So, the engineers and the NNPC gave the president a report and they have said that it will work by December this year.”

“We still have like four months to go. I will say that with all due respect to the former president, who is an elder statesman and our father, that what he said is his personal opinion and view.”

“I will rather rely on the judgment of the engineers who are working at the refinery. So, I think we should wait until December.”