Obasanjo Holds Closed Door Meeting with Political Associates

FORMER President Olusegun Obasanjo yesterday held a closed-door meeting with some of his political associates.

   Present at the discussions held at Obasanjo’s Hiltop residence Abeokuta were former Oyo State governor, Adebayo Alao-Akala, former Ekiti State governor, Segun Oni, former Osun State governor, Olagunsoye Oyinlola, former Lagos State deputy governor, Bucknor Akerele and other Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) chieftains.

  Earlier in the day the state PDP executives held a meeting at the party’s secretariat, Oke-Mosan, Abeokuta.

  The purposes of both meetings were not known. 

But a source disclosed to The Guardian that the two meetings discussed the controversial letter Obasanjo wrote to President Jonathan, which were published in national dailies on Thursday.

   A source at the PDP’s executive meeting told The Guardian that after an exhaustive discussion of the letter, the meeting “aligned” itself with Obasanjo’s letter to the president.

 Those who attended the meeting at Obasanjo’s residence drove off at 4:45pm in their different vehicles.