Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has expressed confident that nothing will stop the successful conduct of the 2023 general elections, which are planned for February 25 and March 11.
The general elections are in risk being delayed because of the ongoing crisis brought on by the lack of new naira notes and fuel, which is why Obasanjo made his comment.
The former president gave a speech as he welcomed the Board of Trustees (BoT) of the African Democratic Congress (ADC) to his penthouse apartment inside the grounds of the Olusegun Obasanjo Presidential Library (OOPL), Abeokuta, Ogun State.
The ADC national leaders were led by their Chairman, Dr. Mani Ibrahim Ahmed; the National Chairman of the party, Prof. Ralph Nwosu and a former presidential aspirant of the ADC, Chukwuka Monye.
According to Obasanjo, Nigeria is in an interesting period, urging Nigerians to take the elections with all the seriousness it deserves as being done in developed nations.
The Balogun Owu charged Nigerians to strive towards giving their best to ensure the general elections hold.
Stating that the attention of the global community is now focused on the 2023 polls in Nigeria, he charged Nigerians, as main stakeholders to contribute towards the success of the elections.
“We are in an interesting period in Nigeria. In less than three weeks, we will be going to the polls; well, I hope nothing will intervene against that. In less than three weeks, we will be electing a leader that will pilot the affairs of Nigeria for the next four years from May.
“I have been in Togo, Ghana and Côte d’Ivoire from the beginning of the week; and they are as concerned about what happens in Nigeria as every Nigerian should be.