Obasanjo-Proposed Coalition For Nigeria Launches.

A political movement proposed by former President Olusegun Obasanjo is launching this Wednesday at the Yar’Adua Centre, Abuja, Nigeria’s capital.

 Obasanjo suggested the formation of the movement in his recent critical statement to President Muhammadu Buhari and his administration.  The former president argued in the statement that the ruling All Progressive Congress and the People's Democratic Party Opposition were unable to reposition Nigeria, losing the confidence of the electors.  Obasanjo is not in the ongoing launch of Abuja, but two former PDP administrators, Olagunsoye Oyinlola and Donald Duke attend.  Mr. Oyinlola, former governor of Osun State, said the movement was not yet a political party.



 If and when we come to an agreement that we must metaphose into a political party, then we will, Mr. Oyinlola said.

“We’re not a political party, at least, for now,” he said.

He acknowledged that for the movement to make electoral impact in the manner described by Mr. Obasanjo in his letter, its proponents would need to follow the Constitution and register it as a political party.

“We recognise the facts that by the dictates of the Constitution, you can only contest on the platform of a political party,” said Mr. Oyinlola, who was the national secretary of the PDP before joining the APC in 2014 after his controversial removal from his position in the then-ruling party.

Mr. Oyinlola also responded to critics who see the movement as an attempt to legitimise the legacy of Mr. Obasanjo who governed as a democratically elected president between 1999-2007.

“To say that we are legitimising OBJ’s legacy is a bit off the mark,” he said.


Mr. Oyinlola said that the head of the movement did not have to look for political offices to benefit themselves, saying that their goal was to help a more open tomorrow for the younger generation.
 Movement leaders said the Nigerians were at the hands of political elites and provided a fresh alternative for citizens in 2019.


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