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Why I tore my PDP membership card – Obasanjo It was reliably gathered that the party had mooted the idea of formally suspending him from its fold but was restrained by the leadership which had hoped he would soft-pedal over time, only for Obasanjo to unleash more caustic assaults last week, alleging a determination of the president to win the forthcoming presidential election by hook or crook. Obasanjo early yesterday, announced his exit from the party while hosting members of the PDP from his Ward 11, Abeokuta North Local Government Area of Ogun State, who called on him to enquire on his continued membership of the party following what they claimed as the no love lost relationship with the president. The members were led by the ward chairman, Alhaji Usman Oladunjoye who asked him to explain where he belongs. In his response, Obasanjo said he had his ears close to the ground and said that he, too, had heard of the plan by the PDP leadership to sanction him. He said: “You ...

Goodluck Jonathan to Ezekwesili: Fighting terrorism, definately not a football match. THE Presidency, yesterday, described as insincere and mischievous, the launch by BringBack Our Girls group of a countdown for the Chibok girls to regain freedom, saying fighting terrorism and insurgency is not a football match where commentaries were run for the delight of spectators. In a statement by Senior Special Assistant to the President on Public Affairs, Dr. Doyin Okupe, it said Pres ident Goodluck Jonathan in his media chat never promised that the girls would be freed within six weeks, noting that the count-down by the former minister and her group was unnecessary. Okupe said: “Our attention has been drawn to a statement credited to former Minister of Education and a leader of the Bring Back our Girls Group, Dr Oby Ezekwesili, to the effect that President Goodluck Jonathan has made an affirmative statement that the girls abducted by Boko Haram terrorists in Government Secondary Schoo...

Former Nigerian president Olusegun Obasanjo has dumped the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), ... stating that, he is no longer interested in the party. He reportedly tore his PDP membership card but has not declared his interest to join any other party.