I Can Never Return To Your Party – Obasanjo Tells PDP Leaders

On Saturday, January 22, former President Olusegun Obasanjo assured officers of the Peoples Democratic Social gathering that he won’t ever return to the opposition social gathering the place he was elected President of Nigeria for 2 phrases.

When he had a falling out with ex-President Goodluck Jonathan within the run-up to the 2015 election, Obasanjo resigned from the social gathering.

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo advised the PDP’s Nationwide Chairman, Iyorchia Ayu, and different stakeholders who paid him a go to in Abeokuta, Ogun State, on Saturday that he had no intention of returning to partisan politics or the PDP.

Former Governors Sule Lamido (Jigawa), Olusegun Mimiko (Ondo), Liyel Imoke (Cross River), and Donald Duke are among the many members of the squad (Cross River).

Following a closed-door assembly, Obasanjo addressed a wider gathering of PDP stakeholders, admitting that regardless of having led Nigeria twice on the PDP platform, the social gathering will stay part of his legacy.

He mentioned; 

“I’m now not in partisan politics and there may be nothing that may carry again. Anyone who needs my recommendation, I’ll all the time be there in the very best curiosity of Nigeria.

“No matter I do in my very own life…as a result of I grew to become president on the platform of PDP, PDP will proceed to be a part of my life. Because the day I tore my PDP card, that was the day I ceased to be a member of PDP. That day I vowed to not be a member of any political social gathering.

“I’ll proceed to be a statesman.”

Obasanjo additionally advised Ayu that the PDP’s and Nigeria’s troubles are on his shoulders, and he prayed that God would grant him the knowledge to hold them.

“Should you go away PDP, the blood of PDP won’t ever go away you,” Ayu responded to Obasanjo. He acknowledged that the social gathering would all the time search his fatherly steerage on Nigerian administration.

Ayu additionally praised Obasanjo for his dedication to the nation’s progress, unity, and growth, saying, “What we now have now falls wanting the management Nigeria deserves.”

Supply; PressInformant