2023: Influential PDP Presidential Aspirant Visits Hometown 49 Years After to Declare Ambition

2023: Influential PDP Presidential Aspirant Visits Hometown 49 Years After to Declare Ambition

  • Chief Dele Momodu paid an important visit to his hometown years after to inform the people of his interest to run in 2023
  • The presidential aspirant disclosed in Edo state that he remains the most qualified candidate in the country ahead of the forthcoming general elections
  • Momodu who had announced his visit earlier shared throwback photos of himself and his late dad on his official Facebook page

A presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Chief Dele Momodu on Sunday, February 6, declared his presidential ambition at his Ihevbe hometown in Owan East Local Government Area of Edo state.

The Nation reports that he insisted that he remained the most qualified among those aspiring to succeed President Muhammadu Buhari on May 29, 2023.

Received by hundreds of Ihevbe people, Momodu stated that his presidential ambition was derived from the fact that though he had never been an elected official but he had sat at the same table with eminent personalities across the globe.

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2023: Influential PDP Presidential Aspirant Visits Hometown 49 Years After to Declare Ambition
Ahead of 2023, Dele Momodu visits his hometown 49 years after to declare his intention to run. Photo credit: Dele Momodu
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He said:

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“All I want to be is president of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. Today is a day to say it finally before my people. Anybody who thinks that he is more qualified than me, should come out and say so.”

Momodu, the publisher of Ovation Magazine, via his official Facebook page noted that the homecoming took place 49 years after he lost his father.

He promised that his coming into politics was mainly to serve the people and change the narrative of the average Nigerian as far as deliverables were concerned.

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Meanwhile, Legit.ng had previously reported that Dele Momodu, a presidential aspirant on the platform of the PDP paid a visit to former President Olusegun Obasanjo at his residence in Abeokuta, the Ogun state capital.

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Momodu, a PDP chieftain and frontline lifestyle journalist, made this known in a tweet sighted by Legit.ng on Sunday, January 30.

The tweet reads:

"This morning in Abeokuta, I paid a visit to former President Olusegun Obasanjo at home and accompanied him to his Church where he taught Bible lesson."

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Earlier, Momodu who is the publisher of Ovation Magazine said he has been preserved by God to become Nigeria’s president.

Momodu made this assertion on Thursday, January 13, during an interview.

Asked if he can withstand the influence of Atiku Abubakar and other PDP aspirants, Momodu said he is the biggest brand in Nigeria, adding that no aspirant has friends across party lines like him.

Momodu said:

“I don’t like to sound immodest. There is no brand bigger than — brand Dele Momodu — in Nigeria. I’m not even talking about the party."

Source: Legit.ng

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Esther Odili (Politics and Current Affairs Editor) Esther Odili is a journalist and a Politics/Current Affairs Editor at Legit.ng with 6+ years of experience. Before joining Legit.ng, Esther has worked with other reputable media houses, such as the New Telegraph newspaper and Galaxy Television. She Holds OND and HND in Mass Communication from NIJ, where she was recognized as the best student in print journalism in 2018. Email: esther.odili@corp.legit.ng.