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2023: I Have National Agenda Not Preferred Candidate – Obasanjo

Former president Olusegun Obasanjo has stated that he does not have a favorite among the contenders for the 2023 presidency, BRANDNEWSDAY report.

When visiting the former head of state General Abdulsalam Abubakar on Sunday in Minna, Obasanjo asserted he had no preferred candidate and only a national goal.

“I have a national agenda; I don’t have a special candidate.”

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The former president added that he had been to Minna to see the former head of state, who had been ill.

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“I came to see my brother who has been a little indisposed. I had plans to visit him when he was still in London, but the day I arrived London was the day he returned home.

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“So that is why I decided to come and see him at home. He is very special so I had to come.

He also said that “if there is anyone who is indisposed, I will visit and I am still strong.”

The former President who was in a close meeting with Abdulsaam arrived at 12:30 and left at 1:13pm.

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“I have a national agenda; I don’t have a special candidate.”

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The former president added that he had been to Minna to see the former head of state, who had been ill.

“I came to see my brother who has been a little indisposed. I had plans to visit him when he was still in London, but the day I arrived London was the day he returned home.

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“So that is why I decided to come and see him at home. He is very special so I had to come.

He also said that “if there is anyone who is indisposed, I will visit and I am still strong.”

The former President who was in a close meeting with Abdulsaam arrived at 12:30 and left at 1:13pm.

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