President Olusegun Obasanjo
on Saturday openly threw his
weight behind Nigeria's leading
opposition party the All
Progressives Congress, APC,
when the top national leaders
and governors of the party
visited him, in his residence in
Abeokuta, the Ogun State
capital.
APC leader, Bola Tinubu,
appealed to Obasanjo to join
them in the mission to rescue
Nigeria:
"You’ve come out of tribulation
and held the highest position in
this country. We are here
because of your courage.
Nobody can say he has
information more than you . You
have surmounted a number of
crises. Nigeria is divided more
than before; to realise stable
Nigeria, we want to encourage
you to continue to speak the
truth. We’re resolved and
determined to rescue Nigeria.
We want you as navigator."
The APC leaders and governors
at the meeting solicited
Obasanjo’s support in the
forthcoming elections.
Presenting the party chieftains
and governors to Obasanjo at
the opening of the meeting, Bisi
Akande said the APC is in
support of the former
president’s 18-page letter to
President Goodluck Jonathan.
The APC national leader,
Tinubu who alluded to
Obasanjo’s contribution to the
building of the Nigerian nation,
lamented that the country is
divided under President
Jonathan more than ever.
I hear Gen Muhammadu Buhari
was encouraged to work
closely with Obasanjo on all
issues.
Responding, Obasanjo
described himself as an
“incurable optimist” who is
committed to the good of
Nigeria. He vowed that nothing
would distract him from his
commitment to the Nigerian
nation.
The former president said, “I
am a card carrying member of
the PDP but the politics I play
traverses Nigeria, Africa and
world in that order. I am a
democrat and one of the
essential ingredients of
democracy is opposition. A
democracy that has no
opposition built into it is not
democracy.
“As an opposition, you are
enhancing democracy. You are
at home, you are welcome."
At the end of their meeting, one
of those present, Fani-Kayode
told Punch that, “The ex-
president told us that APC has
taken the first step in the right
direction towards making
Nigeria great. It was an
excellent meeting.”
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