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No plan to float new political party – Obasanjo
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo on Monday said he had no plan to float any political party now or in the future.
Obasanjo who was in Kabul in Afghanistan, as a guest of President Ashraf Ghani accused some unnamed persons of planning to drag his name in the mud.
The former president who was reacting to a report published by a media organisation titled “New Party Ahead of 2023: Obasanjo picks 3ex-govs as coordinators” described it as fabricated.
The former president in a statement issued on Monday by his Special Assistant on Media Affairs, Kehinde Akinyemi, said he was not shocked by the report.
According to Obasanjo, having said goodbye to partisan politics, he would never say good evening again, asking the writer to visit a psychiatric hospital.
The statement read, “The attention of former President of Nigeria Chief Olusegun Obasanjo has been drawn to an unfounded report published in the Vanguard Newspaper with the headline: “New Party Ahead of 2023: Obasanjo picks 3ex-govs as coordinators, meeting July 13” and dated July 4, 2021.
“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 which must be saved, kept wholesomely united in peace, security, equity, development and progress.
“Let those who want to use the back door to force Chief Obasanjo to return to partisan politics respect his choice to remain a non-partisan statesman. On his part, the former President will continue to perform his role as a statesman focused on providing counsel, support, or solutions wherever possible in Nigeria, Africa and indeed the world.”
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