Former Nigeria’s President, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, has denied rumour going the round that he has founded a new political party ahead of the 2023 general elections.
Obasanjo in a statement by his Special Assistant on Media Affairs, Kehinde Akinyemi, said the report published by a national newspaper (not Nigerian Tribune), said the former president is currently in Kabul, Afghanistan, as a guest of President Ashraf Ghani.
He described the story as false while 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.
“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,” he said.
The statement said that 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 that must be saved, kept wholesomely united in peace, security, equity, development and progress.
The statement reads, “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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