Former Head of State and President, Olusegun Obasanjo, has denied belonging to any political party, describing himself as “a no-party statesman”.
Obasanjo who made the clarification on Saturday during a thanksgiving service to mark the 80th birthday of former Chairman of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), Chief Onyema Ugochukwu, at the Methodist Church Nigeria, Cathedral of Unity, Wuse, Abuja, said he ceased to be a card carrying member of any political party years ago but prefers to play the role of a statesman as well as serving humanity.
While delivering his speech, the former President hailed the celebrant for being a loyal and supportive person during his 1999 election campaigns despite the fact that the late Chief Alex Ekwueme, an Igbo man also contested for the same position in the Peoples Democratic Part, (PDP).
