Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has asked the People’s Democratic Party (PDP to purge itself of “bad eggs and hypocrites” who lack the commitment and goodwill to return the opposition party to its lost glory.
This was just as the formr president insisted that the PDP presidential candidate in this year’s election, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, is better than President Muhammadu Buhari “by far.”
Obasanjo spoke when South West PDP leaders, led by the National Vice Chairman (South West), Dr. Eddy Olafeso, visited him at his residence inside the Olusegun Obasanjo Presidential Library, Oke-Mosan, Abeokuta, Ogun State, on Sunday.
The former president said many leaders of the party are after “their pockets and stomachs,” and wondered why some top echelon have left the party, while others have lost hope, shortly after the presidential poll result was announced.
He continued: “I said if you compare the two of them (referring to Atiku and Buhari), with what I know and all I’ve written about the incumbent (president), which they’ve decided to cover up, Atiku is better than the incumbent by far.
“That’s the point I’m making. And, nobody is perfect.
“I’m not a perfect person. I have my shortcomings. If I deny my shortcomings, it means I’m not being truthful to myself.
“But, my shortcomings have nothing to do with my love for Nigeria.
“They’ve nothing to do with being greedy or selfishness,” Obasanjo said.
Earlier, Olafeso said the visit was to celebrate Obasanjo on his 82nd birthday, which he marked recently, and equally thank him for his support for Atiku in the election.
Those at the meeting were the Senate Minority Leader, Biodun Olujimi, senators-elect, Kola Balogun (Oyo South), Ayo Akinyelure (Ondo Central), Rep-elect (Ibarapa North and Central), Ajibola Muraina, former Osun State governor, Prince Olagunsoye Oyinlola, former minister for state for Defence, Erelu Olusola Obada and PDP governorship candidate in the 2018 Ekiti State election, Prof. Olusola Eleka.