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2023: I’m done with partisan politics – Obasanjo

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo, has declared that he is done with partisan politics, just as he dismissed claims making the rounds in the media that he is planning to float a new political party ahead of the 2023 general elections.

The former president, in a statement by his Special Assistant on Media Affairs, Kehinde Akinyemi, said, “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”.

Obasanjo, who stated this in Kabul, Afghanistan, as a guest of President Ashraf Ghani, also warned those who want to use the back door to force him to return to partisan politics to respect his choice to remain a non-partisan statesman.

The former Nigerian leader assured that he will continue to perform his role with a focus on providing counsel, support, or solutions wherever possible in Nigeria, Africa, and indeed the world.

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