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  It’s no longer news that Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has endorsed the presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi, ahead of the February 25, 2023 presidential election. The endorsement, which came on Sunday, January 1, 2023, was reported to be his new year message to Nigerians. The ex-President who noted that even though none of the frontline candidates is a saint, and stated that Obi is fit to be Nigeria’s next president, came under fire from different quarters. The All Progressives Congress saw his remarks as a swipe against its presidential candidate, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu. The party, in response, reckoned that Obasanjo’s endorsement is indeed worthless. In the same vein, the Peoples Democratic Party argued that the former president’s endorsement of Obi would amount to nothing. And the presidency capped it all when it fired back at Obasanjo, describing him as a ‘morally dirty’ person. Regarding Obi and his slim chances of victory as argued by some, many, notwith...