BREAKING: OBJ moves beyond rhetoric; set to launch new movement in home state, notifies public about registration

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- The Ogun state chapter of the highly-touted Coalition for Nigeria Movement will be launched on Thursday, by ex-President Olusegun Obasanjo

- Obasanjo would be present at the ceremony, and would also welcome prospective members

- The event would take place at the Ogun state secretariat of the Nigeria Union of Journalists; and registration to join the movement is reportedly free

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo is set to launch his highly-anticipated Coalition for Nigeria Movement, Ogun state Chapter, on Thursday, February 1, Vanguard reports.

The launch would take place at the Ogun state secretariat of the Nigeria Union of Journalists, Oke-Ilewo, Abeokuta.

NAIJ.com gathers that the development was made public by Obasanjo’s media aide, Kehinde Akinyemi, who stated that the former president would be present at the launch and would also welcome prospective members.

He stated: “The registration of members for the Coalition for Nigeria Movement, Ogun state chapter begins tomorrow, Thursday, February 1, 2018.

“It will hold at the lwe-Irohin House, Press Centre, Oke Ilewo, Abeokuta. From 10am. Special Guest and Chief Convener, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo.”

The registration for prospective members is reportedly free.

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Meanwhile, NAIJ.com previously reported that barely two weeks after former President Olusegun Obasanjo dismissed the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and advocated for the formation of Coalition for Nigeria Movement, a movement was on Wednesday, January 31, launched at the Shehu Yar’Adua Centre in Abuja.

The coalition was quick to dismiss insinuations that it was rolling out Obasanjo’s script, adding that it is an independent movement aimed at moving Nigeria forward.

Former governors Olagunsoye Oyinlola of Osun state and Donald Duke of Cross-River state were among many notable politicians and youth leaders from across Nigeria who came together in Abuja to launch the new movement.

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