Obasanjo Visited Afghanistan To Resolve Its Crisis – PDP Chairman, Secondus Makes Empty Claims To Seek Ex-President’s ‘Blessings’

Embattled Nationwide Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Occasion, Uche Secondus, has mentioned he learnt former President Olusegun Obasanjo visited Afghanistan currently to intervene within the disaster rocking the Asian nation.

Secondus, who has been below strain to resign because the social gathering’s nationwide chairman resulting from infractions, described Obasanjo on Thursday as a “world persona, resolving points internationally.”

By his delicate claims, the chairman believed that Obasanjo might wade into the social gathering’s disaster and provides him (Secondus) his blessings.

The chairman spoke with journalists on the Olusegun Obasanjo Presidential Library (OOPL), Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital, after a closed-door assembly with the previous President.

After the assembly that lasted greater than an hour, the PDP Chairman mentioned he got here to Obasanjo as an elder statesman to advise the current authorities.

“I’m right here with the members of my staff and in addition to the PDP executives in Ogun State to faucet from the wealth of Baba’s information as a statesman. It has been very tough currently as a result of Baba is a worldwide persona, resolving points internationally. In actual fact, the final place I learnt Baba visited was Afghanistan, regardless of the situation in that country, he went there and got here again alive.

“So, my staff and I are very grateful and we give glory to God. We have now mentioned Nigeria. Nigeria first earlier than another factor; sure, we belong to a political social gathering, but when we don’t have a rustic, the place can we practise democracy? We have to have a peaceable nation the place democracy can try and at this level; we’d like Chief Obasanjo to return in with options.

“We’re conscious of the insecurity, the poor financial system, banditry, kidnapping all around the nation; and we are able to’t proceed to look at with out reaching out to the elders in order that they’ll come to assemble and advise the current authorities. That’s the obligation of a statesman.”

In his phrases, Obasanjo maintained that although the state of affairs of Nigeria was very dangerous, it was not irredeemable.

He requested Nigerians to put aside partisanship and consider working together to avoid wasting Nigeria from collapsing.