A former Governor of Ogun State, Otunba Gbenga Daniel, has begged
former President Olusegun Obasanjo not to abandon President Goodluck
Jonathan ahead of the February 14 presidential election.
Daniel's plea came less than 24 hours after Obasanjo openly declared
support for the re-election of Ogun State Governor, Ibikunle Amosun,
who is a member of the opposition All Progressives Congress.
Daniel, while addressing members of the Peoples Democratic Party at
the inauguration of the Goodluck/Sambo Independent Support Team in
Lagos on Saturday, said Obasanjo gave the people of the South-South
region a sense of belonging by ensuring that Jonathan emerged as
vice-president in 2007 and as President in 2011.
He, therefore, begged Obasanjo to finish what he started by ensuring
that Jonathan completes his second term as President.
Daniel said, "Obasanjo should finish the job he started in 2011
because a job that is half-done is not done at all. It is the height
of injustice for Jonathan and the South-South people not to be allowed
to do a second-term. We, the Yoruba people are saying that for the
reason of equity, Jonathan should be allowed for a second term and
after that, power can shift to the North."
Meanwhile, the Presidency on Saturday said President Goodluck Jonathan
was ready at all times to appease former President Olusegun Obasanjo.
It also agreed with the ex-President that candidates in the
forthcoming general elections should be judged by their performance.
The Senior Special Assistant to the President on Public Affairs, Dr.
Doyin Okupe, said this in an interview withSUNDAY PUNCH.
Okupe was reacting to a statement credited to Obasanjo that
performance, as against party loyalty, should be the overriding factor
in voting for candidates in the February elections.
Okupe said Obasanjo was correct in his submission, which he described
as statesman-like.
He said, "Obasanjo is right. I want Nigerians to vote for the next
President based on performance. Let Buhari tell us his performance and
Goodluck Jonathan should tell us his performance.
"Obasanjo is correct; there is nothing wrong with that. That is very
statesman-like of him.
"I want my party's candidates to win but this election is about
performance. Luckily, Buhari has been a Head of State before, it does
not matter how long he was in government. He was in government for 20
months; Murtala Muhammed was in government for six months and he
became a hero.
"It is not an excuse that 20 months is not enough. In 20 months,
Buhari showed clear attributes of indolence and incompetence. He did
not add any value to the nation. He did not achieve anything. All he
did was to be hard and harsh on people. He was busy harassing
southerners like Awolowo and Ajasin.
"If you put that side-by-side with the performance of Jonathan, he has
touched everything he met. All 24 airports have been refurbished. He
has brought railway back to life. There is substantial achievement in
power. We can only go forward, we can't come back."
When asked whether the President was still ready to mend fence with
Obasanjo, the presidential aide said Jonathan had tremendous respect
for the ex-President.
"This President is a liberal-minded President and he has a lot of
respect for Obasanjo. He has never hidden that. He believes that
Obasanjo is his political father, no matter whether they have
disagreements or not.
"The President is ready at all times to make peace and appease the
elderly gentleman," Okupe said.
Similarly, the national leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party has
said it will not join issues with Obasanjo.
National Publicity Secretary of the party, Prof. Wale Oladipo, stated
this in a telephone interview with our correspondent in Abuja on
Saturday.
He said, "Baba (Obasanjo) remains our leader and therefore we won't
join issues with him. We will continue to work with him and other
leaders of our party in Ogun State and Nigeria to achieve success.
"I can however assure you that Gboyega Isiaka is poised to win the
governorship election in the state with the support of other members
of our party in the state like the Minister of Agriculture, Dr.
Akinwumi Adesina." http://adenaij..in/2015/01/dont-abandon-jonathan-daniel-begs.html

The old f**l can go to h*ll for all i care. He has caused enof damage already.

I wonder why people keep over-rating OBJ. What's his political worth in yoruba land

A disguntled old f..l who's entitled to 1 vote like every nigerian.

He played his own part in the history of naija and should leave the stage for others cos all this fo.oling around won't help what posterity will make of him.

Hmmm! Old fool indeed! Then why do they keep begging him if they know he's not relevant.

TheFreeOne:
I wonder why people keep over-rating OBJ. What's his political worth in yoruba land

A disguntled old f..l who's entitled to 1 vote like every nigerian.

He played his own part in the history of naija and should leave the stage for others cos all this fo.oling around won't help what posterity will make of him.

Hmmm! Old fool indeed! Then why do they keep begging him if they know he's not relevant.

femtan:
Hmmm! Old fool indeed! Then why do they keep begging him if they know he's not relevant. Hmmm! Old fool indeed! Then why do they keep begging him if they know he's not relevant.

He's only relevant to people with herd mentality. Unfortunately that's what naija politics has become.

Can he be likened to awolowo who had well defined policies and political manifestos

OBJ is just overated like GMB, BAT, BRF e.t.c