Nigeria’s Former President, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, has made clearer his position on who he supports to preside over Nigeria in 2023.

He said on the issue of how to evolve a new Nigeria in 2023, he shares the same belief with Pa Adebanjo, the leader of Afenifere, the apex Yoruba socio-cultural and political organisation.

As Obasanjo puts it: “So, if I put my hand on someone, it means that comparing with the others, I see that there is a merit that will be of benefit to Nigeria. And I believe that Chief Adebanjo stands for the same thing. What I believe and what I think Pa Ayo Adebanjo believes is not ethnic, it’s not sectional, it is not religious, it is Nigeria. I believe in equity, I believe in justice, I believe in one Nigeria.”

Explaining further  what he shares in common with Pa Ayo Adebanjo in their struggle to build a better Nigeria, Obasanjo  said: “I have shed my blood for this country. I have gone to prison for this country. So, what are you going to frighten or threaten me with? The only thing that my senior brother [Adebanjo] hasn’t done is that he hasn’t shed his blood, but he has gone to prison.”

Obasanjo made these statements in Enugu when he, in company of Pa Ayo Adebanjo, paid a condolence visit to Ohanaeze Ndigbo, the Igbo apex socio-cultural and political organisation, in honour of Late Chief Mbazulike Amechi, a First  Republic Nigerian Minister.

They were received by Amb. Okey Emuchay, the Secretary General of Ohanaeze Ndigbo, on behalf of the President General, Amb. George Obiozor.