Lamido, Mu’azu holds meeting over Obasanjo exit from PDP

The Jigawa State Governor, Sule Lamido and the National Chairman of
the Peoples Democratic Party, Alhaji Adamu Mu'azu, met in Abuja on
Wednesday on how to convince former President Olusegun Obasanjo to
return to the party.
Investigations by our correspondent in Abuja on Thursday indicated
that the meeting took place at the Abuja residence of Mu'azu.
The meeting, it was learnt, was at the instance of Mu'azu, who was
said to be worried about the political implications of Obasanjo's
decision to dump the PDP.
Obasanjo, while announcing his decision to leave the party where he
was once its Chairman of Board of Trustees, on Monday, also ordered
that his membership card be torn to shreds.
At the meeting between the governor and the national chairman of the
party, it was learnt that Mu'azu expressed sadness over the turn of
events in the party, which has been ruling since the country returned
to democratic rule in 1999.
One of the aides of the chairman, who was at the meeting, said the
former governor of Bauchi State was "visibly sad that the
once-cohesive party" was becoming a joke in the country.
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It was learnt that at the meeting, the national chairman of the party
sought the opinion of Lamido on how to approach the tirade being
thrown by the former President at the party and its Presidential
candidate, Dr. Goodluck Jonathan.
The chairman's aide, who spoke with a source on the condition of
anonymity, said that the governor warned the party against trading
accusations with the former President.
Lamido is considered as one of the governors very close to the former President.
The chairman's said, "The governor warned the party against fighting
the former President. He also asked Mu'azu to warn some members of the
party, including a governor from the southern part of the country to
stop abusing the former President.
"He told the chairman that the party and the President do not have the
capacity to fight the President, saying that before the former
President would open his mouth to say a word, he has his facts.
"Besides, he added that there are other sympathisers of the former
President in the party and that any attempt to rubbish him
(Obasanjo)would make many of them uncomfortable."
But the party has said it would not relent in its desire to have the
former President return to its fold.
The National Publicity Secretary of the party, Olisa Metuh, who spoke
with a source in Abuja on Thursday, said that having led the party to
victories in the past, it would be wrong for the party to let its
former chairman of Board of Trustees leave like that.
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