Revealed! What Obasanjo Told PDP NWC In Closed-Door Meeting

The details of the meeting between the former head of state and ex-president, Olusegun Obasanjo and the members of the National Working Committee (NWC) of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) have been revealed.

The party’s NWC was led by its chairman, Prince Uche Secondus to visit the former chairman of the Board of Trustees of the party at the Olusegun Obasanjo Presidential Library on Thursday.

According to a source quoted by The Punch, the PDP leaders told the former President not to “siddon look” during this critical time.”

The PDP source said, “We went to him and told him not to ‘siddon look’ as things are getting worse in the country. We also reminded him that the PDP gave him the platform that made him the president and also served as its chairman of BoT. Therefore, we asked him not to be unbothered about happenings in the party and the polity.”

The source told said Obasanjo expressed gratitude for the PDP chieftains’ visit, adding that they needed to think about how to face the future as a party and concerned Nigerians.

“Obasanjo said we should go and study how presidents emerge in America. He said leaders emerge through processes and that those leaders must have seen, learnt, practised, and taken part in leadership processes. He said in the US, the people followed a particular pattern.

“He said we should not pick anyone just because such a person has money. He also said in America, they follow a particular pattern. He said the presidential candidate in the US emerges either from the Congress, from the Board of Governors, or he is an established businessman.

“He (Obasanjo) also told us about the way the prime minister of the United Kingdom is elected. In all, he said someone who knows the country, the system, is knowledgeable in foreign affairs, economy and security, among others, should be allowed to lead the nation,” the source said.

However, when it was time to discuss the crisis rocking the party over moves by some party leaders and governors led by the Governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Wike, to either shorten the tenure of the Secondus-led NWC or deny the members opportunity of contesting for second term, Obasanjo reportedly asked all his guests to excuse him as he met with Secondus.

“Nobody could say what the two men actually discussed as none of us at the general meeting were called in when the two men met,” a source added.

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