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More than seven Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governors this morning
arrived the Abeokuta, Ogun State, hilltop residence of former President
Olusegun Obasanjo to persuade him to work for the re-election of
President Goodluck Jonathan in next year’s presidential election
Two of the governors, Liyel Imoke of Cross River State and Emmanuel
Uduaghan of Delta State, arrived Obasanjo’s residence at 12.55 p.m. and
swiftly moved into the house without any banters with journalists who
were there.
The identity of some of the governors could not be confirmed as the registration numbers of their cars were covered.
A close aide of Obasanjo confirmed that all the governors were from the
PDP and that they came to persuade Obasanjo not to abandon the party at
this crucial moment when his support is highly needed.
The aide also confirmed that Obasanjo was aware of their coming as he
had earlier held a meeting with some of his associates on the visit of
the PDP governors.
“Throughout last night Baba Obasanjo met with us to discuss the visit by
the PDP governors and the position to take. Baba pointedly told us that
he remains a staunch member of PDP and that he was not fighting anybody
but cannot accept an indicted fellow to be his leader,”
It was also gathered that the main purpose of the governors’ visit was
to persuade Obasanjo to throw his weight behind the reelection of
President Jonathan in 2015 and stop giving tacit support to the
opposition All Progressives Congress, APC, in its quest to dislodge the
ruling party from the centre.
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