PDP Threatens To Expose Obasanjo , Gives Him 48hrs To Clarify His Comment About Regretting Picking Atiku As Vice President
Former president of Nigeria, Olusegun Obasanjo has been given 48hrs by the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) to clarify recent comment he made about regretting choosing Atiku Abubakar as his vice presidential candidate in 1999.
Obasanjo had over the weekend stated that he chose his running mate incorrectly for the 1999 presidential election.
Senator Waldi Jibril, the chairman of the PDP Board of Trustee , on Monday , 27th June, stated that the party had great respect for the former president, that it would be regrettable if the statement that has been attributed to him were to prove to be accurate.
The party also threatened to reveal the ex president’s character if he did not clarify his remark within 48hrs, claimed that he was upset with Atiku Abubakar for cutting short his ambition for a third term despite the later’s assistance to the Obasanjo administration.
In Jibril’s word, he wrote:
”I wish to appeal to the former President Obasanjo to come out openly to repeat what he has said
Whether or not he was misquoted or meant what was credited to him.
Although he has has not debunked what was reported, one can assume that what was quoted to have have been said by him is correct, but if he fails to openly come out and say what is correct in 48hrs , you will hear the bombardment and I will have no option but to break the egg and tell the whole world and Nigerians who is Obasanjo.
There is no doubt Obasanjo may still be angry with Atiku even after helping him to succeed but perhaps for truncating his third term agenda. In any case, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar is our presidential candidate and I can tell you for sure that he will be the president in 2023 insha Allah.”
While speaking on the outcome of the party’s primaries and the selection of Okowa over Nyesom Wike which might have angered the latter, Jibril said
”Governor Wike is a great party man who fought for the party, when the committee is constituted , in which we will also bring other contestants together , we will go and meet with Governor Wike and appeal to him even if it means kneeling down to beg him
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