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Former Nigeria’s President, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo on Monday tore his Peoples Democratic Party membership card, saying he is no more a politician.

Obasanjo who finally dumped the ruling party in the presence of PDP members from ward 11 in Abeokuta North local government, said he would prefer to be an elder statesman.

The former President while addressing members of the PDP at his Presidential hilltop mansion in Abeokuta who came to confirm whether he has been expelled from the party or not.

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