Saturday 6 August 2016

Obasanjo's presence in PDP meeting baffles Nigerians

OBJ tears PDP card

They said wonders shall never end as Nigerians surprisingly sighted former President Obasanjo at the Shehu Yar’adua Centre, Abuja, where the inauguration of the Peoples Democratic Party national convention committee was billed to hold and wondered what he was doing there, after he publicly tore his PDP membership card prior to the last general election and pitched his tent with the APC that produced President Buhari.


Though report has it that the former President was at the centre to attend a programme on Agriculture while the PDP leaders were also at the same premises to attend their party’s event.

Interestingly, as the popular adage says, ‘old solder never dies’ leaders of the PDP rushed to pay homage to the former President when he was sighted at the venue.

According to sources, one of the administrators of the building had alerted the PDP leaders of the Obasanjo’s presence in the building.

Thus, immediately the leadership of the party got the information regarding Obasanjo’s presence, they all rushed out to exchange pleasantries with him.

National Chairman in charge of the National Caretaker Committee, Sen. Ahmed Makarfi; the Secretary of the committee, Sen. Ben Obi and a former Deputy President of the Senate, Ibrahim Mantu, were among the party leaders that rushed out to pay homage to the leader of the party.

After the greetings the former President proceeded to attend the programme he had come for.

Leaders of the party had been visiting its aggrieved members with the aim of reconciling them with the now factionalised party but they had yet to visit the former President.

Members of the Board of Trustees of the party visited former President Goodluck Jonathan in Abuja two days ago.


They had earlier visited the home of a former Minister of Finance, Adamu Ciroma.

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