Chief John Odigie-Oyegun, the All Progressives Congress (APC)
national chairman has revealed that Nigeria’s main opposition party
deliberated upon issuing former president of the country, Chief Olusegun
Obasanjo a membership card.
He revealed this at the 87th birthday
celebration of Obasanjo in Abeokuta on Thursday. He said APC had
thought of issuing Obasanjo a membership card after he tore his PDP
membership card but decided to allow the man enjoy his new status of
elder statesman.
“My president, my boss, someone I admire and
later became my friend. Somebody was tearing his card sometimes ago,
leaders of our great party, APC hurriedly sat and said we should issue
him our card but we decided against it. He has now become truly father
of Nigeria. We will be demeaning him if we went to him and say here is
APC card.
“You have done APC a very great good by leaving the PDP
because we all know your worth and what you are up to. Now that you
remain an elder statesman with no political party attach to you, you
know our presidential candidate very well, you know what he stands for,
you know what he can do and not do,” Oyegun said.
“Now, a father, a
non-partisan leader, first of its kind in the history of this country,
one who we can all run to for advice. He is a kind of man that if he
tells you well done, just go home and relax because if you have not done
well, he will tell you to go to hell.
“Your Excellency Sir, if
you can recollect, what I predicted over 20 years ago, it is now coming
to reality. I told you then that you are the only leader everybody in
this country will want to listen to. You should agree with me that, we
all love you but you know where you are facing, where you are heading to
and today and we are proud to have be part of this historic birthday
for a great man who came from this side of the continent,” he noted.
Source: PM News
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