Obasanjo finally dumps PDP, tears membership card

Few days after he accused President
Goodluck Jonathan of orchestrating a tenure
elongation plot, which he dubbed the "Gbagbo
treatment", ex-President Olusegun Obasanjo
has dumped the ruling Peoples Democratic
Party (PDP), saying he is no longer interested
in partisan politics as he is now a statesman.
Although this is a developing story, there are
reports the ex-president allegedly tore his
PDP membership card in public.
You may recall that the Presidency and PDP
had made various attempts to appease
Obasanjo to no avail, which led to
speculations that the ex-president may be
suspended for anti-party activities.
Perhaps his dumping of the ruling party is a
pre-emptive move.
According to Daily Trust report, Obasanjo
handed over his PDP membership card to the
leader of his Ward 11, in Abeokuta North local
government, Alhaji Surajudeen Oladunjoye and
instructed him to tear it.
Oladunjoye, who led about 350 members of
the ward on a fact-finding mission to the ex-
president's residence, tore the card into
shreds to the admiration of the party
followers, some of whom also tore their cards
in solidarity.
Addressing members of the press in Abeokuta,
the Ogun State capital, Mr. Obasanjo said if
his involvement in partisan politics would
stop him from having a better Nigeria, then
he is ready to sacrifice membership of the
PDP and become a statesman.
The former Nigerian leader, who was
responding to questions on rumours to expel
him from the ruling party, directed his aide to
get his membership card and few minutes
after he was given, threw it away, declaring
that "if this is why we cannot have the
Nigeria we desire, I am no longer part of
this".
Obasanjo ruled Nigeria from 1999 to 2007 for
two terms of eight years on the platform of
PDP. He had previously led the country as a
military head of state from 1976 to 1979
before he voluntarily handed-over power to a
civilian president, Alhaji Shehu Shagari.

Posted by Unknown on Monday, 16 February 2015 - Rating: 4.5

Title : Obasanjo finally dumps PDP, tears membership card
Description : Few days after he accused President Goodluck Jonathan of orchestrating a tenure elongation plot, which he dubbed the "Gbagbo treatment...

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