controversial letter to the leadership of the Peoples Democratic
Party, PDP and President Goodluck Jonathan, notifying the party and
Mr. President of his withdrawal from the party.
Again, Obasanjo is accusing the presidency and PDP leadership of
extolling a known and wanted criminal in the South-West geopolitical
zone, and plotting to impose the 'criminal' as the zonal leader of the
party. The former leader, in the letter announced his withdrawal from
all activities of the party, pending when all issues have been
addressed by the party.
A copy of the letter was originally obtained by the Tribune Newspaper.
According to a source at the national secretariat of the party, the
letter, dated January 7, 2014, was received in Tukur's office on
Wednesday, 8 January, 2014. It was further revealed that a copy of the
said letter got to President Jonathan on Thursday, January 9.
In the letter, Obasanjo had attached recent documents on the alleged
activities of the person he had tagged a criminal who is being
extolled by the party leaders.
The three paragraphs letter reads:
"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."
SOURCE: DAILYPOST
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