Former President Obasanjo Holds Closed-Door Meeting With APC & PDP

Former President, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo on Friday hosted politicians of divergent political parties who were in his Abeokuta Hilltop home for consultation in respect of the 2015 general elections and other issues. The politicians included the Senate President, David Mark, of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), former Lagos state governor and National leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, former governors of Oyo and Ekiti states, Senator Rasheed Ladoja of Accord Party (AP) and Engineer Segun Oni (APC).

While the Senate President is still holding a closed-door meeting with Obasanjo, the trio of Tinubu, Ladoja and Oni who arrived the Hilltop home of the former president had concluded theirs and left around 2:25p.m. Speaking with journalists, David Mark described Mr. Obasanjo as “the father of the nation,” and key to the progress of Nigeria. “That’s why I’m here to pay homage,” Mr. Mark said.

‪On his exact mission, Mr. Mark said, “We have come to discuss with him and raise some basic issues that affect both the party and the nation at large. They were discussions that would move this nation forward. You know his passion for this nation is unquantifiable; so, we have really had a good discussion session with him.”

‪On the Ogun state Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, crisis, and whether it was part of the meeting’s agenda Mr. Mark said, “We are working as a party to make sure we put everybody who wants to be on board, on board and congresses are coming up; so, I think this is normal.”

‪A chieftain of the APC, Mr. Tinubu, after his session with Mr. Obasanjo, said he was there to discuss because we cannot know it all. ‪”We need to consult. Equally, we took an observation of his former boys, who are running for presidency in our party, and sought his opinion about them,” Mr. Tinubu said.
He, however, insisted that he would not disclose exactly what the meeting was about. Asked to comment on Nigeria at 54, Mr. Tinubu described the country as an “invalid baby in the incubator.” He called for a “common sense revolution.”
“With a common sense revolution to overhaul our security, the army will respect the people; with a common sense revolution in job creation, there will be better conditions of living for everybody,” he said. ‪”It is high time we take our country back from corruption and replace the clueless leaders with the purposeful, revolutionary leaders that will rehabilitate this country and fix everything back. It is a rescue mission; we must take our country back from mismanagement.”

He stated that Nigeria did not have good leaders. “They are clueless, while the followers appear sadistic. We like being punished,” he said.