GEJ To Pay OBJ a Visit in Abeokuta

Barring any last minute change in
plan, President Goodluck Jonathan
will on Monday (today), visit former President Olusegun Obasanjo in his Abeokuta, Ogun State residence.

The meeting will come less than
48hours after Obasanjo made a
surprise appearance at the wedding
service of Jonathan’s foster daughter, Inebharapu, at the National Christian Centre, Abuja.

Obasanjo and Jonathan have not
been seen together in public events
lately, especially since the public
presentation of his book, My Watch, which is critical of the President among others.

The former President had last Monday said Nigeria was facing economic problems due to the failure of the present administration to plan for a rainy day.

He told eminent women leaders
from the South-West, who visited
him at his Hilltop residence in Abeokuta, Ogun State, that the nation’s reserves which as of 2007
stood at $67bn had been depleted
by the Federal Government.

Our correspondent learnt on Sunday that Jonathan would use the opportunity of his visit to Abeokuta
for his campaign rally to visit Obasanjo who had withdrawn from
active participation in the activities
of the Peoples Democratic Party.

A top government official who is
aware of the arrangement told THE
PUNCH that Jonathan had been
scheduled to visit the former
president.

He however said he did not have
the details of whether the meeting
would hold before the rally or
after.

“I don’t have the details, but I can
inform you authoritatively that the
two of them are scheduled to meet
tomorrow,” he said.

Jonathan may use the opportunity
of the meeting to appeal to
Obasanjo to have a rethink on his
(Jonathan’s) bid for re-election in
February.

Meanwhile, the Peoples Democratic
Party Presidential Campaign Organisation has called on the
presidential candidate of the All
Progressives Congress, Maj.Gen.
Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), to
caution his supporters in order to
promote a peaceful election.

The Director of Media and Publicity
of the Organisation, Chief Femi
Fani-Kayode, made the call in a
statement issued on Sunday in
Abuja against the backdrop of the
violence unleashed on President
Goodluck Jonathan’s campaign
buses at Zololo Junction along
Bauchi Road in Jos North North
Local Government Area of Plateau
State on Saturday.

Source:- Punch