The
former President of Nigeria, Olusegun Obasanjo has written another letter but
this time to the National Party Chairman of People’s Democratic Party (PDP)
Alhaji Bamanga Tukur.
In
the one-page letter dated 7th of January to Bamanga Tukur, ex-president
Olusegun Obasanjo resigned his membership of the party. He said, “I will
consider withdrawing my activity with PDP at local, state, zonal and national
levels until the anomalous and shameful situation is corrected”
Read
the Obasanjo's letter to PDP Chairman, Bamanga Tukur here after the cut……
Dear
Chairman,
“While
I believe that a good and truly national political party must be a microcosm of
the nation in its membership, made up of all sorts of characters from
near-saints to near-satan, I also believe that on no account should a known
habitual criminal that is wanted abroad to face criminal charges levelled
against him be extolled as a political leader in a respectable and wholesome
nation-building political party.
“Buruji
Kashamu has been so extolled in PDP in South-West geo-political zone which I
personally find unsavoury. Politics played by any national political party must
have morality, decency, discipline, principles and leadership examples as
cardinal practices of the party. I have attached here recent documents that
clearly indicate that your extolled PDP Zonal Leader in the South-West zone of
Nigeria and an indigene of Ogun State is, to say the least, not a credit to the
party as a member, let alone being a zonal leader.
“Since
I stick in my practice of party politics to the hallowed and cherished
principles enunciated above, I take this opportunity to let you know that while
I continue to remain a card-carrying member of PDP, I cannot and I will not
subscribe to a wanted habitual criminal being installed as my zonal leader in
the party; a criminal for whom extradition has been requested by the US
government. In the meantime, I will consider withdrawing my activity with PDP
at local, state, zonal and national levels until the anomalous and shameful
situation is corrected.”
Thank
you.
Yours
Sincerely,
Olusegun Obasanjo
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