Obasanjo’s membership card was not a valid card, says PDP

Two weeks after former President Olusegun Obasanjo tore his Peoples
Democratic Party membership card, the party claimed on Tuesday that
the card being held by the former President had expired.
It said that the card hitherto owned by Obasanjo was signed by the
party's former Acting National Chairman, Alhaji Kawu Baraje.
Baraje has since left the party and he is now a chieftain of the main
opposition party, the All Progressives Congress.
While declaring his leaving the party, Obasanjo had asked the Chairman
of the PDP in his ward at Abeokuta, Mr. Usman Oladunjoye, to tear his
membership card.
Commenting on Obasanjo's action, the National Secretary of the party,
Dr. Wale Oladipo, said the card had been changed.
Oladipo spoke during a courtesy call on him by some students, who
claimed to be working for the re-election of President Goodluck
Jonathan.
He said the National Chairman of the party, Alhaji Adamu Mu'azu, and
himself signed the current cards being used by the party members.
He said, "Baba (Obasanjo) is over 80 years and my mother is around
Obasanjo's age and when you reach that age, you do things that only
you can explain.
"Secondly, you will see that Baba did not tear our card. He asked
somebody ostensibly to do the tearing and I am assuring you that the
card that was torn was not the current PDP card.
"The current PDP card is signed by Mu'azu and Oladipo. So, the card he
tore was a Baraje card which we were going to destroy anyway. So, I
think Baba started it."
He added that Obasanjo might have left the party in order for it to
have more followers.
Oladipo said, "Lastly, Baba is a very intelligent man. When Baba was
helping us, he knows that a lot of people could have complained that
they could have voted for the PDP but Baba is there.
"You know when a big tree thrives in a big forest, smaller trees
cannot grow. If that big tree leaves, 10 to 20 smaller trees will
grow.
"In politics, one big tree has a vote while 20 small trees have 20
votes. If you do the arithmetic, I am a scientist, I know that head or
tail, it is a win-win situation for the PDP."
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The party also vowed to shock the APC in the South-West, where it said
it would spring surprises.
The Deputy National Chairman of the PDP, Uche Secondus, stated this
while speaking with journalists in Abuja on Tuesday.
He said with the support which he said was coming for the party, there
was no way the party would not win the presidential election.
Secondus said this was where the confidence was coming from for the
party and the President.
He said, "Look at our pedigree. A party that was formed less than one
year ago can't win elections with media vibes.
"Elections are won at polling units and we have the pedigree and
statistics that have shown from 1999 till date that we have been
consistent."
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