•National chair Muazu urges caution
The plot by hawks in the presidency to make trouble with former President Olusegun Obasanjo is already causing dissension within the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).
The hawks, as reported by The Nation on Saturday yesterday, are drawing up a plan to revisit the probe of the $13.278billion power projects which were executed during his tenure.
This is to extract their own pound of flesh from the immediate past Chairman, Board of Trustees (BoT) of the party following his dramatic dumping of the PDP last week.
The Ogun State chapter of the party, in a belated move, announced Obasanjo’s expulsion, two hours after he publicly tore his membership card.
The Presidency hawks, sources said yesterday, were pushing hard for the probe to go on as a way of publicly disgracing Obasanjo for disparaging President Jonathan and the party.
However, the national chairman of the party, Alhaji Adamu Muazu and some other leaders of the party are said to be fiercely opposed to the suggestion.
They are of the view, according to sources, that subjecting the former president to ridicule will do neither the party nor the president any good.
Muazu’s position is shared by several state governors elected on the platform of the party.
Such governors have made it clear that they will not be a party to any plan to rubbish the ex-President. “They are insisting that the party must manage the situation well by appealing to Obasanjo to sheath his sword,” one source said.
“They are sending emissaries to him in this regard. So, should Jonathan and his men move against Obasanjo, it may cause a serious friction within the ruling party.”
The party’s hierarchy is also said to be urging caution in the handling of the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Professor Attahiru Jega, following pressure on the commission by top members of the PDP and the presidency.
Sources said that was why Muazu had to pass a vote of confidence on him recently at a time some were calling for his head in the aftermath of the postponement of the general elections.
“You will recall that after the Presidential Campaign Organisation accused Jega, of partisanship, Mu’azu wasted no time before passing a vote of confidence on the him. Muazu, while acknowledging that shifting the date for the general election affected the programme of the PDP, sees no reason not to retain the confidence he has in Jega, because, according to him, the INEC boss is doing a good job,” a source said.
The plot by hawks in the presidency to make trouble with former President Olusegun Obasanjo is already causing dissension within the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).
The hawks, as reported by The Nation on Saturday yesterday, are drawing up a plan to revisit the probe of the $13.278billion power projects which were executed during his tenure.
This is to extract their own pound of flesh from the immediate past Chairman, Board of Trustees (BoT) of the party following his dramatic dumping of the PDP last week.
The Ogun State chapter of the party, in a belated move, announced Obasanjo’s expulsion, two hours after he publicly tore his membership card.
The Presidency hawks, sources said yesterday, were pushing hard for the probe to go on as a way of publicly disgracing Obasanjo for disparaging President Jonathan and the party.
However, the national chairman of the party, Alhaji Adamu Muazu and some other leaders of the party are said to be fiercely opposed to the suggestion.
They are of the view, according to sources, that subjecting the former president to ridicule will do neither the party nor the president any good.
Muazu’s position is shared by several state governors elected on the platform of the party.
Such governors have made it clear that they will not be a party to any plan to rubbish the ex-President. “They are insisting that the party must manage the situation well by appealing to Obasanjo to sheath his sword,” one source said.
“They are sending emissaries to him in this regard. So, should Jonathan and his men move against Obasanjo, it may cause a serious friction within the ruling party.”
The party’s hierarchy is also said to be urging caution in the handling of the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Professor Attahiru Jega, following pressure on the commission by top members of the PDP and the presidency.
Sources said that was why Muazu had to pass a vote of confidence on him recently at a time some were calling for his head in the aftermath of the postponement of the general elections.
“You will recall that after the Presidential Campaign Organisation accused Jega, of partisanship, Mu’azu wasted no time before passing a vote of confidence on the him. Muazu, while acknowledging that shifting the date for the general election affected the programme of the PDP, sees no reason not to retain the confidence he has in Jega, because, according to him, the INEC boss is doing a good job,” a source said.
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