Like a leper, Olusegun Obasanjo may not be in a position to install a new president come 2015, but he appears to still have the wherewithal to inflict maximum disruption.
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But for the self- acclaimed largest party in Africa, the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, it could be well described as history being made, when two very influential figures in the party decided to sheathe their swords and bury the hatchet on Monday, April 15.
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The gates of the Hilltop Mansion home, in Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital, of former President of Nigeria, who also served as the Chairman, Board of Trustees, BoT, of the party, were opened that day. It was unusual in all ramifications as members of the BoT visited Obasanjo.
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But the major personas were Obasanjo and Anthony Anenih, the incumbent Chairman of the BoT.
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For six solid years, these major players never met face to face to laugh or hold hands, but, on that Monday, they laughed, held hands. The meeting of these two Nigerians and leaders of the party became imperative against the backdrop of the need to end the crises bedeviling the PDP especially ahead of the 2015 presidential election and the proposed merger of the opposition political parties designed primarily to wrest power from the party.
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Anenih was accompanied to the Abeokuta meeting by the BoT Secretary, Senator Walid Jubrin; Governors Ibrahim Shema of Katsina State and Sule Lamido of Jigawa State; Senator Ahmed Markafi; Senator Abdullahi Adamu; and Professor Jerry Gana.
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Also at the residence of Obasanjo were Engr. Segun Oni; Chief Bode Mustapha; former Ogun State PDP Chairman, Joju Fadairo; Senator Dipo Odunjirin; Mrs Aduke Maina, among others. In fact, Obasanjo was having a meeting of his own people before the BoT members arrived.
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An insider in the Obasanjo household told Sunday Vanguard, "Baba was having a meeting with leaders of the PDP in the state before the Anenih team arrived,
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"Their own meeting was with a view to strengthening the party in the state – mind you, there are factions of PDP in Ogun State and Baba has been deploying his experience and goodwill just so the party would do well at the polls in 2015".
They are so scared of this man in that political party and that is one thing I so much detest. They all have to change..
Obasanjo has got lots of power in this country even when he is already Ex-President. That's the way we do things in this country