Amid political consultations, alignment, and realignment, former Nigerian president Olusegun Obasanjo, yesterday, visited the residences of two former military heads of state, Ibrahim Babangida and Abdulsalami Abubakar.
Obasanjo arrived in Minna, the Niger State capital, at midday and spent about an hour in Abdulsalami’s house before going to the hilltop residence of Babangida.
Speaking with journalists after the visit, Obasanjo stated that he has no preferred candidate among those contesting the 2023 presidential election, explaining further that he only had a national agenda.
Obasanjo, however, promised to unveil his agenda for the 2023 elections but did not give details of the agenda to be released, insisting that it will be made public very soon.
The former president also said he was in Minna to visit the former military president who had been indisposed.
“I came to see my brother who has been a little indisposed. I had plans to visit him when he was still in London, but the day I arrived in London was the day he returned home. So, that is why I decided to come and see him at home. He is very special, so, I had to come,” he said.
He added that “if there is anyone who is indisposed, I will visit as I am still strong.”
Obasanjo had in the last couple of days met with prominent presidential candidates. Earlier in the month, Obasanjo hosted the APC presidential candidate, Bola Tinubu, at his Abeokuta, Ogun State residence, a meeting he described as “more brotherly than political.”
Days after that, he led the Labour Party presidential candidate, Peter Obi, to meet Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State in London. Details of the meeting were not disclosed but reports suggest that discussions were centered on next year’s poll.
Source: Guardian Nigeria