Nigeria, March 2 -- A purported 'latest letter' by former President Olusegun Obasanjo on the state of the nation currently in circulation on social media is an old letter written two years ago by Mr Obasanjo.

According to the fast trending report being shared on social media, Mr Obasanjo on Tuesday allegedly condemned the activities of herdsmen and charged President Buhari to stop the "smouldering ethnic agitations" to avoid being seen as a leader fanning "the embers of hatred, disaffection and violence."

PREMIUM TIMES findings, however, showed that the latest reports on the letter are misleading because the letter is not a fresh one; it is simply a recirculated letter from 2019.

On July 15, 2019, the letter was published by PREMIUM TI...