What Obasanjo Told PDP Governors

More than 24 hours after five governors on the
platform of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP,
visited former President Olusegun Obasanjo at his
Hilltop Mansion in Abeokuta, Ogun State capital,
what transpired in the meeting has been revealed.
According to the an investigative report published by
Vanguard newspaper, Obasanjo flatly refused to
support Jonathan’s re-election bid when the visiting five
PDP governors pleaded with him to support the
incumbent President.
It was disclosed that Obasanjo maintained his stand
against Jonathan’s style of administration, saying the
incumbent President didn’t deserve his support.

“He told them the truth as it is that Jonathan’s
leadership had really hurt the image of Nigeria at home
and abroad and that they themselves should help him
to change course so as to help Nigeria and Nigerians
out the doldrums.
“Obasanjo made it clear to the visitors that he was not
just speaking out for the sake of bringing Jonathan or
his government down but to draw his attention to the
urgent need to rise up and fight the monsters of
insecurity and monumental corruption that are fast
eating away the fabric of the nationhood and making
Nigeria a mockery before the international community,”
a source close to the Abeokuta meeting said on Friday.
On whether Obasanjo tabled any demand as a condition
for backing Jonathan in next year’s presidential poll, the
source hinted that the former head of state did not give
any condition and was not keen on any since he was not
ready to back down on his position.
“Look, let me tell you the truth; Baba stands on his
position concerning Jonathan and his administration and
he is not ready to change whatever he had said or
written no matter who comes to him or not.
“I can tell you that if the mission of the five governors
was successful, one of them, who likes to talk at every
event, would have been the first to speak. What
happened was more of a mission not accomplished to say
the truth,” the source said.
The former President was said to have given his
visitors some words of consolation, saying, ‘the situation
in Nigeria today is bad but is not beyond redemption’.
“That means that something can still be done to change it,
if there is courage and determination to do so.”
It was gathered that Obasanjo accepted to receive the
five governors because of his respect for them as
individuals and politicians who rode to national limelight
through his instrumentality and not because of Jonathan
or PDP.