Former President Olusegun Obasanjo on Saturday said he has no anointed candidate yet, and is not sponsoring anybody in respect of the 2023 presidential election.
POLITICS NIGERIA reports that Obasanjo stated this during an international symposium to mark his 85th birthday in Abeokuta, Ogun State.
“As the quadrennial madness builds a head of steam and the runners and riders crisscross the nation in the quest for nomination as the party flag bearer to the highest office in the land, I read and hear about endorsement and statements in support of candidates that I frankly have not made and forming next political parties that I can never get involved in,” Obasanjo said.
“I was told that social media credited to me the names of three people from the south that I am sponsoring for Presidency in 2023.
“My friend, Professor Ango Abdullah, who brought this to my knowledge remarked that he did not believe that I made such a statement because it was out of my character. I have neither named names nor stated my position,” he added.
‘OBJ’ as Obasanjo is fondly called, was Nigeria’s democratically elected President between 1999 and 2007. He used to be a member of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).
