>Obasanjo holds closed-door meeting south-west governors
Former President,
Olusegun Obasanjo, the current Chairman, Board of Trustees of the
ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), , yesterday evening held a
meeting with governors of south-west states elected on the platform of
the PDP, to strategise on common positions ahead of the forthcoming
party primaries and polls in the governors’ respective states.
The closed-door
meeting, which took place at the private residence of Mr Obasanjo at
the Hilltop, Abeokuta, lasted for over four hours. It had in attendance
the Ogun State governor, Gbenga Daniel; Oyo State governor, Adebayo
Alao-Akala; Ekiti State governor, Segun Oni; Osun State governor,
Olagunsoye Oyinlola, as well as former Ondo State governor and party
leader in the state, Segun Agagu.
Speaking with the
press afterwards, Mr Obasanjo said the meeting was convened at the
request of governors of the south-west. “We resolved to hold
consultative meeting among ourselves; me as the BOT Chairman, they as
leaders of the party in their respective states,” he said.
Putting heads together
Mr Obasanjo further
said, since the PDP has resolved the issue of zoning, “we have decided
to have a preliminary meeting to put our heads together in the
south-west.” The BOT Chairman, who said another similar meeting would
take place soon, stated further that the issue of zoning has been laid
to rest. “We are going to have another meeting in due course and when
we hold that meeting, we will be talking to you in a more relaxed and
more prepared fashion than this impromptu.”
On the visit of the
party National Chairman, Okwesilieze Nwodo, to Ogun State today over
the unresolved political crisis in the state, Mr Obasanjo declared that
the party chairman is not coming to pay him a visit, hence, he is not
interested in addressing the issue further.
Similarly, on the proposed visit of Goodluck Jonathan to the state
next month, Mr Obasanjo also told journalists that he is not aware of
the president coming to the state. “I am hearing of the visit of the
president for the first time,” he said.
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