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.
Our
correspondent could not confirm the identity of some of the governors 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,” the aide told P.M.NEWS.
It
was also gathered that the main purpose of the governors’ visit was to
persuade Obasanjo to throw his weight behind the re-election of
President Jonathan in 2015 and stop giving tacit support to the
opposition
All Progressives Congress, APC, in its quest to dislodge the
ruling parrty from the centre.
The meeting was still ongoing as at the time of filing this report.
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