…As ex president meets IBB, Abdusalami Abubakar in Minna
Ahead of the 2023 general elections, former President, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo has disclosed that his romance with some Presidential candidates and Political Parties is not an indication that he has a preferred candidate for the elections, but that he rather has a national agenda hat would be in the interest of the nation.
Obasanjo, who staed his, when he paid a courtesy visit to two former military Heads of State, Generals Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida and Abdulsalami Abubakar in M inna at he weekend
Obasajo who met with presidential candidate of the labour Party (LP), Peter Obi and Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State, as well as Governors Samuel Ortom and Seyi Makind of Benue and Oyo states respectively in London last week, said as an elder statesman, he has no anointed presidential candidate or a preferred political party, but an agenda for the country.
“I don’t have a special candidate for the 2023 presidential election but rather, I have a National Agenda,” he declared.
The former president, who arrived in a Black Jeep with plate Number Kaduna DKA 621FQ at exactly 12.30pm on Sunday drove straight first to General Abdulsalami’s residence where they had a closed door meeting for about 30 minutes.
Answering questions from Journalists after meeting General Abubakar, Obasanjo said he had come to visit his brother.
“I have come to see my brother who was indisposed and when he was abroad I had wanted to visit him but unfortunately, I missed him because the day I arrived in London to visit him was the day he left.
“So I said since I could not see him in London, I will come to see him in Nigeria and so, that is what I have come to do.
“He is special in a way and he was indisposed, so I had to come and see him. If there is anybody again who is special and indisposed that I have to see, I will see him. I am still strong enough”, Obasanjo remarked.
General Abdulsalami received the forme President along with his wife, Justice Fati Abubakar, and the led him o waiting car, after the meeting.
The former President immediately drove to General Ibrahim Babangida’s residence, where they also had another closed door meeting.
