Party to make former President Olusegun Obasanjo to have a rethink on
his decision to stay away from the party's activities have failed.
Investigations on Thursday showed that Obasanjo insisted when the new
PDP National Chairman, Adamu Mu'azu visited him on January 26, that
Jonathan must honour his alleged promise in 2011 not to contest the
2015 presidential election.
A very reliable PDP national officer confided in The Metro that
Obasanjo also gave other conditions that the new leadership of the
party must meet before he would have a change of mind.
They include the restructuring of the party as well as the
correction of the anomalies relating to the removal of Olagunsoye
Oyinlola as the national secretary of the PDP and Bode Mustapha as
national auditor in early 2013.
Mu'azu was reported to have, during the closed-door meeting in
Abeokuta, pleaded with the former President to back the President's
alleged 2015 interest and other activities of the ruling party.
Our source said that Obasanjo told Mu'azu bluntly to address
the issues he raised in his December 2, 2013 and January 7, 2014
letters to President Goodluck Jonathan and a former PDP National
Chairman, Dr. Bamanga Tukur.
In his letter to Tukur dated January 7, the former President
accused the PDP of negating the principles of morality by giving
prominence to a party chief in the South-West, Chief Buruji Kasamu.
He also said in the December 2 letter that Jonathan told him that
he had not informed anybody that he would contest the 2015
presidential election.
Obasnjo had in the letter to the President said, "Only a fool would
believe that statement you made to me judging by what is going on. I
must say that is not ingenious. You may wish to pursue a more credible
and more honourable path."
The former President added that in 2011, Benue State Governor,
Gabriel Suswan, informed him that Jonathan had accepted a one-term
Presidency.
Part of the letter reads, "I decided to cross-check with you. You
did not hesitate to confirm to me that you are a strong believer in a
one-term of six years for the President and that by the time you have
used the unexpired term of your predecessor and the four years of your
first term, you would have almost used up to six years and you would
not need any more term or time.
"I cannot comment much on the constitutional aspect of your second
term or what some people call third term. That is for both legal and
judicial attention.
"As a leader, two things you must cherish and hold dear among others
are trust and honour, both of which are important ingredients of
character."
He had also said that he would like to see anyone in the office of
the Presidency as a man that could be trusted.
But the President fired back at Obasanjo in his letter dated December
22, 2013. He faulted the former President's claim and accused him
of wanting to incite Nigerians against him
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