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Obasanjo to PDP: drug baron can’t be my leader Ex-president shuns party’s peace talks Kashamu: I’m not wanted in U.S.
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From Ernest Nwokolo, Abeokuta
ORMER President Olusegun Obasanjo rejected yesterday the peace moves by his party’s leadership, saying he cannot be in the same group with “a drug baron” wanted in the United States. He urged President Goodluck Jonathan and Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) leaders to do the “needful” instead of begging him for forgiveness. Said Obasanjo “Today, Nigeria needs all hands on deck to deal with our pressing problems of security, including the issue of Chibok girls, widening inequality, infrastructure, impunity, corruption, poverty and youth education, skill acquisition, empowerment and employment. “These are issues of concern to most Nigerians. We all need to join hands to move Nigeria forward. I don’t need to be begged for Continued on page 4
As a former President... I cannot accept that the zonal leader of my political party... will be an indicted drug baron wanted in America. How do I explain that to friends outside Nigeria? –Obasanjo
I wish to state ...that I am not wanted by anyone. Even if that were the case, there are processes... and they are not subject to anyone’s whims and caprices... —Kashamu
•The scene of the accident in which people, vehicles and houses were burnt...yesterday.
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15 die in Ibadan tanker fire
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