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Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has told his side of the story on how his Peoples Democratic Party, PDP membership card got torn.
Speaking to PREMIUM TIMES, Obasanjo said party leaders in his ward led by the ward Chairman, Mr Surajudeen Olajundoye paid him a visit that Monday to express their concern over his inactivity in the party, saying that his inaction has made them uncertain of their own political future in PDP.
On arrival at his residence, the party leaders were singing , 'Nigeria yi ti gbobgo wa ni, Ko ma gbodo ba je. Eje ka sowopo kajo gbega (Meaning – Nigeria belongs to all of us, we must not allow it to be destroyed and we must join hands to make it great)''.
''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.
The Party leaders also informed him of plans to expel him from the party.
''You are our leader and it is you we are following. You have remained a card-carrying member of the 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?'', the party leaders asked Obasanjo.
After listening to them, Obasanjo said he decided to pick his love for Nigeria over Political party.
''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. If you people’s worry is that I’m a card-carrying member of the party and I’m not showing you people direction and you are worried that I’m neither here nor there, this is the card; you can keep it, you can burn it or you can tear it, do whatever you want to do with it'', Obasanjo said.
The ward chairman then proceeded to tear the membership card.
#PDP #Obasanjo
Speaking to PREMIUM TIMES, Obasanjo said party leaders in his ward led by the ward Chairman, Mr Surajudeen Olajundoye paid him a visit that Monday to express their concern over his inactivity in the party, saying that his inaction has made them uncertain of their own political future in PDP.
On arrival at his residence, the party leaders were singing , 'Nigeria yi ti gbobgo wa ni, Ko ma gbodo ba je. Eje ka sowopo kajo gbega (Meaning – Nigeria belongs to all of us, we must not allow it to be destroyed and we must join hands to make it great)''.
''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.
The Party leaders also informed him of plans to expel him from the party.
''You are our leader and it is you we are following. You have remained a card-carrying member of the 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?'', the party leaders asked Obasanjo.
After listening to them, Obasanjo said he decided to pick his love for Nigeria over Political party.
''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. If you people’s worry is that I’m a card-carrying member of the party and I’m not showing you people direction and you are worried that I’m neither here nor there, this is the card; you can keep it, you can burn it or you can tear it, do whatever you want to do with it'', Obasanjo said.
The ward chairman then proceeded to tear the membership card.
#PDP #Obasanjo