Obasanjo Holds Closed-Door Meetings with Tinubu and David Mark
Former President, Olusegun Obasanjo, on Friday, reportedly held separate closed-door meetings with Senate President, David Mark and former governor of Lagos State and a National Leader of the All Progressives Congress, Senator Bola Ahmed Tinubu at the former President’s Hilltop residence in Abeokuta.
According to reports, after the meeting, Tinubu revealed he discussed the nation’s politics with Obasanjo, especially his followers who were interested in contesting for various elective positions in the 2015 general elections, especially the Presidency.
He said, “We are here to pay homage to our former president and have a number of discussions with him because he has a lot of influence in the political sphere.
“As a good merger, we need to talk. Because the merger will serve various branches. It is a very big tree. So, we need to talk, to find out his thinking about Nigeria and the future.
“We need to seek his observation as some of his former boys are running for presidency in our party. What can he say about them?”
Senator Mark reportedly arrived at the venue after Tinubu and later described Obasanjo as the father of the nation with a wealth of experience.
He said, after the meeting that he attended the meeting with his team which included the Governor of Delta State, Dr. Emmanuel Uduaghan; Peoples Democratic Party Women Leader, Mrs Josephine Anenih; and others to discuss with Obasanjo and raise some basic issues that affect both the PDP and the nation at large.
He said, “They are discussions that would move this nation forward, because his passion for this nation is unquantifiable. So we have really had a good discussion with him.”
