Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has stated that he does not have a preferred candidate for the 2023 presidential election, but rather a national agenda for Nigeria.
On Sunday, Obasanjo paid a visit to former Head of State General Abdulsalami Abubakar at the Uphill in Minna, Niger State.
“I don’t have a special candidate,” he said. “I have a national agenda”.
“I have come to see my brother who was a bit indisposed and when he was abroad I had wanted to visit him, and the day I arrived in London to visit him was the day he left.”
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The statesmen previously met behind closed doors for about 30 minutes.
The event on Sunday is the most recent in a series of meetings Obasanjo has had with notable personalities and politicians.
The Herald recalls that earlier this month, Obasanjo hosted All Progressives Congress’ (APC) presidential candidate Bola Tinubu at his Abeokuta, Ogun State, home, describing the meeting as “more brotherly than political.”
A few days later, he met with Rivers State Governor Nyesom Wike and Labour Party (LP) presidential candidate Peter Obi in London, UK.
The meeting’s specifics were not disclosed, but reports indicate that the event’s focus was on next year’s general election.
Following the meeting, Governor Wike echoed Obasanjo’s remarks, saying his consultations, including a meeting with Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential candidate Atiku Abubakar, are in the best interests of Nigeria.
“What we are talking about is for the interest of Nigeria and Nigerians. It is not a parochial thing – being centred on a person or group of persons,” the governor said Friday at the VIP Lounge of the Port Harcourt International Airport following his arrival in the country.
“We believe that what is going on will be in the interest of Nigerians at the end of the day. Consultation is still ongoing. Nothing we have said now has been concretized. Discussions are going on.”
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