Former President Olusegun Obasanjo on Monday morning dumped the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).
He
handed over his PDP membership card to the Ward 11 leader in Abeokuta
North local government, Alhaji Surajudeen Oladunjoye and instructed him
to tear it.
Oladunjoye,
who led about 350 members of the ward on a fact-finding mission at
Obasanjo's residence, tore the card into shreds to the admiration of the
party followers, some of whom also tore their cards.
Addressing
newsmen in Abeokuta, the ex-president said if his involvement in
partisan politics would stop him from having a better Nigeria, then he
is ready to sacrifice membership of the PDP and become a statesman.
Obasanjo
who was responding to enquiry on rumour to expel him from the party,
directed his aide to get his membership card and few minutes later he
was given, throw it away, declaring that "if this is why we cannot have
the Nigeria we desire, I am no longer part of this."
Obasanjo
who is a founding member of the ruling party ruled Nigeria from 1999 to
2007 for two terms of eight years. He had led the country as a military
head of state from 1976 to 1979.
courtesy: Dailytrust
Following his announcement, Obasanjo asked that his PDP membership ID card be torn by the Chairman of his ward 11 Ita-Eko, Sumonu Oladunjoye, telling the visitors that he was no longer a member of the ruling party.
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