Obasanjo told
Premium Times this last Tuesday, that he tore apart the card to prove
that he was more concerned in the progress of our Nigeria than in any
party association. “They were concerned that I had only one leg in
the party, and worried that since I’m their leader in the ward, they
need to hear from me,” Obasanjo said of the PDP members who paid him a
visit to convince him to be loyal to the party.
According to the former president he said that when the party members arrived in his home, they were singing a Yoruba song which translates to mean: “Nigeria belongs to all of us, we must not allow it to be destroyed and we must join hands to make it great.” He went on to say that the PDP members urged him to participate in party activities to prevent him from being drive out. “You are our leader and it is you we are following. You have remained a card-carrying member of the party. But since you became angry with the party we have lost sense of direction and now we are hearing that they want to expel you. If they expel you, where do we go? What do we do?” PDP ward Chairman, Surajudeen Oladunjoye said this according to Obasanjo.
Obasanjo stated that at this point he handed his membership card over to Oladunjoye to do with as he pleased. “In my response, I said when you people came you were singing a song and I agreed that Nigeria is our own. If the issue is the party, I will not choose the party at the detriment of Nigeria and I will fight for Nigeria even at the detriment of the party. I will rather surrender my membership of the party so you people can move on politically,” Obasanjo said to the party members.
Source: PREMIUM TIMES
According to the former president he said that when the party members arrived in his home, they were singing a Yoruba song which translates to mean: “Nigeria belongs to all of us, we must not allow it to be destroyed and we must join hands to make it great.” He went on to say that the PDP members urged him to participate in party activities to prevent him from being drive out. “You are our leader and it is you we are following. You have remained a card-carrying member of the party. But since you became angry with the party we have lost sense of direction and now we are hearing that they want to expel you. If they expel you, where do we go? What do we do?” PDP ward Chairman, Surajudeen Oladunjoye said this according to Obasanjo.
Obasanjo stated that at this point he handed his membership card over to Oladunjoye to do with as he pleased. “In my response, I said when you people came you were singing a song and I agreed that Nigeria is our own. If the issue is the party, I will not choose the party at the detriment of Nigeria and I will fight for Nigeria even at the detriment of the party. I will rather surrender my membership of the party so you people can move on politically,” Obasanjo said to the party members.
Source: PREMIUM TIMES
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