Chief Olusegun Obasanjo
2023: Ex-Pres. Obasanjo shuttles London, Niger, Enugu in ‘national agenda’ meetings
Barely days after brokering a meeting between the Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike and the Presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP) in the 2023 General Elections, Peter Obi in faraway London, the United Kingdom, last Thursday, former President, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo has been on a whirlwind trip around the country to Niger and Enugu states, within one weekend.
Chief Obasanjo rounded off his trips with a closed-door meeting held in Enugu with select leaders of the South East, presumed to be executive officers of the Ohanaeze Ndigbo.
Although details of the closed-door meeting was not made available to Oracle Today, however, going by what the former president had given out as reasons for his earlier dialogues with past Heads of State, it may not be unconnected with his ‘national agenda project.
According to Obasanjo, his earlier meetings with former Heads of State, Gen Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida (IBB) and Gen Abdulsalami Abubakar in Minna, the Niger State capital, were in pursuance of his national agenda initiative ahead of the 2023 General Elections.
Speaking with journalists after visiting Abdulsalami, in Minna, the Niger State capital, for a closed-door half an hour meeting, Obasanjo denied canvassing support for a preferred candidate, but instead stated that he is advocating a ‘national agenda.’
Obasanjo, who arrived in a black SUV with number plate Kaduna DKA 621FQ at 12.30pm on Sunday, told journalists that General Abdulsalami is ‘a special brother he has.’
“I don’t have any special candidate, I only have a national agenda,” he replied.
“I have come to see my brother (Abdulsalami) 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.
“So I said, well since I could not see him in London, I will come to see him in Nigeria. And so, that is what I have come to do.
“He is special in a way and he was indisposed, so I had to come and see him. If there is anybody again who is special and indisposed that I have to see, I will see him. I am still strong enough.”
