Tag: Olusegun Obasanjo

2023: Obasanjo endorses Obi for presidency

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…”Endorsement is worthless” – APC Presidential Campaign Council Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has endorsed Peter Obi of the Labour Party (LP) for the presidency. Obasanjo, who made the endorsement yesterday, in his New Year message to Nigerians, said, “None of the contestants is a saint but when one compares their character, antecedent, their understanding, knowledge, discipline and vitality that they can bring to bear and the great efforts required to stay focused on the job, particularly looking at where the country is today. According to him, “With the experience on…

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Peter Obi 2023: “Nobody can threaten me over my preferred candidate” – Obasanjo

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Amid claims that he is backing Peter Obi, the Labour Party (LP) flag bearer, former President Olusegun Obasanjo, has said nobody can threaten him over his choice of a presidential candidate. Obasanjo, who disclosed this at the Ohanaeze Ndigbo National Secretariat in Enugu State, said he had shed blood and gone to prison, hence nobody could threaten him about his choice of a presidential candidate. The former president had visited the Secretariat in the company of Afenifere’s leader, Pa Ayo Adebanjo and Obi. They visited the Secretariat to pay condolences…

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2023: “Why next president must come from South” – Obasanjo 

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Former President Olusegun Obasanjo appears to have dumped the Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar, as he argued that the next Nigerian president after the incumbent, Muhammadu Buhari, must come from the southern region. Obasanjo spoke when he hosted the leaders of the ‘Mzough U Tiv’ (MUT) from Benue State in Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital at the weekend. According to the former president, since Buhari is from the North, he should be succeeded by a candidate from the South. According to an issued statement by…

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“20 million out-of-school children are Boko Haram of the future” – Obasanjo

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Former President Olusegun Obasanjo, yesterday, declared that the issue of 20 million-out-of-school children in Nigeria might culminate into another monster of Boko Haram insurgency if the students were not sought and put back to school. Obasanjo, who spoke as a panelist at the National Summit on Tertiary Education Reform, said the number constituted 10 percent of the country’s population which should not be ignored. Responding to a disclosure that a loan bill was still in the works to help indigent students fund their education, Obasanjo wondered if the right people…

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2015 Elections: “I made a big mistake supporting Buhari” – Obasanjo laments

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Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has again lambasted the current administration of President Muhammadu Buhari over the President’s perceived failures, expressing his regret over supporting his presidential ambition in 2015. Obasanjo, who had previously attacked Buhari through letters and public comments, said in a short interview with a blogger, Ifedayo Agoro, and published on her Twitter handle: @diaryofa9jagirl, that he and ex-Head of State, Gen. Ibrahim Babangida, supported Buhari in 2015 because they thought he would fix the economy, fight corruption and insecurity and hire quality persons into his administration. He…

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2023: “I have national agenda, not special candidate” – Obasanjo, after meeting IBB, AbdulSalami

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Former President, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo has disclosed that he has no preferred candidate among those contesting the 2023 presidential election. The former president stated this yesterday in Minna, Niger State, after having separate closed-door meetings with former Military President, Gen. Ibrahim Babangida (rtd), popularly known as IBB, and Gen. AbdulSalami Abubakar (rtd), at their uphill residences in Minna, the State capital.  According to him, 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…

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2023: Speculations heighten as Obasanjo, Atiku, Wike, Obi, Fayose, others meet in London

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Speculations on Nigeria’s political scene as the 2023 general elections draws near have heightened, with some political heavy-weights reportedly taking part in meetings in far away London, United Kingdom. Former president, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, yesterday, met with the presidential candidate of Labour Party (LP) Peter Obi, and the Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, who had been earlier reported to have also had talks on Wednesday with the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, (APC), Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, also in London. Wike is said to have attended the meeting…

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2023: ‘The youth must change Nigeria’s leadership; no time for ethnic politics’ – Obasanjo

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Former president, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, has called on the youths to stand up and change the country’s leadership, noting that the 2023 election is not the time to play politics of ethnicity. He said this during a visit by veteran entertainer, Charly Boy, to his residence on Friday. Asked by Charly Boy to advise ‘frustrated Nigerians’, Obasanjo, who said he is the father of frustrated youths in the country, noted that it is not God’s fault that Nigerians are poor and frustrated but rather, the choice of leadership. According to…

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2023: Obasanjo insists on power shift to South

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…Knocks PDP over choice of Atiku Former president Olusegun Obasanjo has insisted that it is the turn of southern Nigeria to produce the country’s president in the forthcoming 2023 General Elections. Speaking in Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital on Wednesday, when he received the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Ahmed Tinubu, the former president criticised the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for choosing former vice-president Atiku Abubakar, as its presidential candidate. According to the former president, the PDP’s decision is not politically correct and is against the…

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“Don’t blame God; Buhari’s 7yr rule responsible for banditry, terrorism – Obasanjo

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Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has slammed President Muhammadu Buhari over the worsening insecurity in the country, saying his administration is responsible for banditry and terrorism plaguing the country. The former president, who stated this in Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital, said: “…You talk about security; people ask me about it, and I say I know that we can put all insecurity in Nigeria behind us within a space of two years. That we have not done so, or that we are still in the situation, is a choice that has…

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