2023: Obasanjo Denies Favouring Peter Obi Over Others

Elder Statesman and Nigeria's former President, Olusegun Obasanjo has laid to rest rumours that he favours Peter Obi as the country's presidential candidate for the 2023 election, saying that he has no preferred candidate in the race.

Prior to the rumours, Obasanjo was pictured in a meeting with the Labour Party presidential flag bearer and Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State in London.

This fuelled speculations that Obi is his favourite among those vying for the nation's presidency.

But speaking in Minna, Niger State capital when he paid a visit to former Head of State, General Abdulsalam Abubakar on Sunday, Obasanjo said he has a national agenda, not a preferred candidate.

“I don’t have a special candidate, I have a national agenda….

"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.

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