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Obasanjo Writes PDP, Withdraws From Party Activities

Weeks after writing a controversial 18-page letter to President Goodluck Jonathan, Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has now withdrawn his activities in the ruling People’s Democratic … Continue reading Obasanjo Writes PDP, Withdraws From Party Activities


Weeks after writing a controversial 18-page letter to President Goodluck Jonathan, Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has now withdrawn his activities in the ruling People’s Democratic Party.

In a one page letter to the Chairman of the Party, Bamanga Tukur, Mr Obasanjo expressed his displeasure with the party for activities which he said he had found “unsavoury.” He also noted that he remained a member of the party but will remain dormant at the local, state, zonal and national levels.

Media Aide to the Former President, Tunde Oladunjoye confirmed to Channels Television that Mr Obasanjo had written the letter and intends to follow through with all he had said in it.

The 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.”