Obasanjo is PDP’s problem – BoT member

 

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Alhaji Shauib Oyedokun, a member of the Peoples Democratic Party’s Board of Trustees, has said that former President, Olusegun Obasanjo was a disappointment and an embarrassment to the PDP.
Oyedokun, who was a former National Deputy Chairman of the party, vented his anger on Obasanjo while speaking in Osogbo on Sunday.
He openly affirmed that Obasanjo was the major problem of the party, as his membership of the party had caused it enough harm.
The BoT member also rained curses on PDP members whom he said were working against the progress of the party.
According to Oyedokun, Obasanjo’s activities in recent times can lead to the disintegration of the party in the South-West.
He lamented that even the PDP in Ogun State, where Obasanjo hails from, had been in crisis and no move had been made to resolve it.
“The PDP is disintegrating in the state of the man we call our leader,” Oyedokun said.
Declaring that Obasanjo should not expect party members to worship him, Oyedokun, said that leaders of the party in the region had decided to work against Obasanjo’s personal interest.
Oyedokun said, “He should stop playing God. God has done so much for him more than any other person – in terms of governance in this country. Nebuchadnezzar, in the Bible, did it and failed.
“The ancient Pharaohs did it and failed. We are oppressed. Obasanjo is oppressing us and God is always with the oppressed.
“Anybody who has benefitted from the PDP and is attempting to damage the PDP, God will damage the person. I am bound to talk because I am one of the founding fathers of the PDP in this country. Some of the documents forming the PDP were done in this office.
“It was Obasanjo that convinced us to support Jonathan. He convincingly sold Jonathan to us that we had no choice but to support Jonathan. If he sold Jonathan to us and he is now disagreeing with him, he should call us and tell us his reasons.
He added, “If he is putting up another person within the party – that is okay. But insinuations are rife that he wants to move them (people) to another party. Where you are being respected, you must tread softly.
“Obasanjo has put us in such a precarious position that anything he says, people would say he is speaking on behalf of the South-West and that he has the final say. No! He has no final say.
“I am talking for the majority of the leaders in the South-West. We will stand up to him this time around. Obasanjo sowed the seed of discord that is germinating in the party.”