It was just like Nollywood movie yesterday in Abeokuta, as former president of Nigeria and former PDP, Board of Trustee Chief Aremo Olusegun Obasanjo, tears his hip card of PDP.
However, the man who widely respected in Nigeria, Africa and around the world said that he took the action to maintain his image as a revered statesman, locally and internationally.
In a series of tweets on , he said that he could not remain in the same party with President Goodluck Jonathan who uses his party and corruption to tear down the country.
He also said it is better for him to quit the PDP than remain in it with a drug baron.
Details below: Obasanjo’s purported tweet from @SegunObasanjo
I’d rather sacrifice my political party for the interest of Nigeria than sacrifice my country for a political party led by a drug baron.
— OLUSEGUN A. OBASANJO (@SegunObasanjo) February 16, 2015
I’d rather tear the PDP hip card than sit down and let Jonathan use PDP and corruption to tear my beloved country apart.
— OLUSEGUN A. OBASANJO (@SegunObasanjo) February 16, 2015
I have national & international standard to maintain.For this reason I’d rather stand alone than be in the same political party with Kashamu
— OLUSEGUN A. OBASANJO (@SegunObasanjo) February 16, 2015
I cannot accept that the zonal leader of my political party & worse still, in my zone, will be an indicted drug baron wanted in America. 2/2
— OLUSEGUN A. OBASANJO (@SegunObasanjo) February 16, 2015
Obasanjo said that the party card he tore was one of the least things preoccupation to what is good for Nigeria, pointing out that there was nothing he could not sacrifice for the interest of the nation.
He boasted that despite the destruction of his party care, he would not be cowed by anyone, as he was still ready to comment on any matter that required his comment or view for the good of Nigeria.
He said, “If there is anything that requires my own comment, position or views. I will say it. It is only when you kill me that I will stop doing so.”
