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Obasanjo: I’m done with partisan politics, not forming any party

Nigerian Former President Olusegun Obasanjo

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has denied forming a political party ahead of the 2023 general election as being speculated and reported by a section of the local media.
Obasanjo, who is currently in Kabul, Afghanistan, as a guest of President Ashraf Ghani, said on Monday that there was no plan to float a new political party “now or in near future.”
This was contained in a statement signed and made available to journalists in Abeokuta Ogun State by his media aide, Kehinde Akinyemi.

The statement read in part, “The attention of former President of Nigeria Chief Olusegun Obasanjo has been drawn to an unfounded report.
“Obasanjo, who is currently in Kabul, Afghanistan, as a guest of President Ashraf Ghani has declared that this report, written by one Soni Daniel, is false, maintaining that there was no plan to float a new political party now or in near future.
“He said that the fabricated story hardly comes as a surprise because he has, for some time now, observed with bewilderment the efforts by some people to drag him into their political games.
“Upon hearing of this latest fabricated report, Chief Obasanjo said “In my part of the world, when you say goodnight in a place, you do not go back there and say good evening.

“The one who reported that may need to visit Yaba Left. And those who believe it can believe that their mothers are men.
“I’m done with partisan politics but by my position in Nigeria and in Africa and without being immodest and indeed in the world my door must be opened and it is open to any individual or group of individuals who want to seek my opinion, view or advice on any issue or matter and I will respond to the best of my ability, without being part of that individual or group.
“If anything, Chief Obasanjo’s political party today is the party of Nigerians facing insecurity, unemployment, hunger, poverty, and various other challenging issues. It is the party of Nigeria that must be saved, kept wholesomely united in peace, security, equity, development and progress.”