Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has declared that he nurtures no plan to float a new political party now or in near future. Neither is he ready to play partisan politics again. Not any more.
“In my part of the world, when you say goodnight in a place, you do not go back there and say good evening,” Obasanjo said. “ The one who reported that (that I am planning a new political party) 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.”
According to Kehinde Akinyemi, Media Assistant to the former President if anything, Chief 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 which must be saved, kept wholesomely united in peace, security, equity, development and progress.
“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.”
