Breaking News: OBJ Leaves PDP, Says He Cannot Stand a Wanted Criminal as Zonal Party Leader in the South-West

The season of letters continued on January
11, 2014, Saturday, as a new document from
Olusegun Obasanjo has leaked the web.
In the new message OBJ narrates about his
decision to withdraw activites in the ruling party,
PDP.
The photocopy of the letter dated January 7, 2014,
has been published by SaharaReporters:
See the full message below:
January 7, 2014
Alhaji Bamanga Tukur,
National Chairman,
Peoples Democratic Party, PDP
National Headquarters,
Wadate House, Abuja
Dear Chairman,
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 that is wanted abroad to face criminal
charges leveled against him should be extolled
as a political leader in a respectable and
wholesome nation-building political party.
Buruhi Kasharnu 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. O have
attached here recent documents that clearly
indicated that your extolled PDP Zonal Leader
in the South-West Zone of Nigeria and in
indigene of Ogun State is, to say the least, not a
credit to the Party as a member let along being
a zonal leader.
Since I stack 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 who 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.
Thank you.
Yours sincerely,
Olusegun Obasanjo
Copy to: President Goodluck Jonathan

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