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Mojisola Adekunle-Obasanjo

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Mojisola Adekunle-Obasanjo
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Mojisola Adekunle-Obasanjo (10 August 1944 4 June 2009) was a Nigerian military officer and politician. She founded the Masses Movement of Nigeria (MMN) party in 1998, which she ran under as a candidate for the presidency in the 2003 elections, which she happened to be the only female contender on the ballot paper for the 2007 presidential elections.[1] She was also the ex-wife of former Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo.[2]

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Adekunle-Obasanjo died on 4 June 2009, at her daughter's residence at Ikoyi, Lagos after a brief illness.[3] She was survived by four children and numerous grandchildren.

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Political career

Mojisola worked as a Radiologist with the Nigerian Army for most of her career before she retired to run for office.[4] In 2003, Major Mojisola ran as a presidential candidate in the national and Gubernatorial election. She received a total number of 157,560 votes which was equivalent to 0.40% of the approved votes.[5]

She also ran in the 2007 Nigerian Elections and was defeated.[6]

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