Former President Olusegun Obasanjo explains, in his letter, dated
January 7, 2014, to the PDP National Chairman, Alhaji Bamanga Tukur, why
he is withdrawing from the ruling party. The letter reads: “ 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 charges levelled against him be extolled as a political leader
in a respectable and wholesome nation-building political party.
“…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. I have attached here
recent documents that clearly indicate that your extolled PDP Zonal
Leader in the South-West zone of Nigeria and an indigene of Ogun State
is, to say the least, not a credit to the party as a member, let alone
being a zonal leader.
“Since I stick 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 whom 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”.
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