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As a result of the war of words between Obasanjo and President Goodluck Jonathan on the way Goodluck's been handling the security situation in the country and GEJ's utterance on the Odi massacre when OBJ was president....
punchng.com reports that, President Goodluck Jonathan has directed his aides to stop the media war
against former President Olusegun Obasanjo with a warning that any aide
that errs will lose his job.Punch Newspapers quoting a Presidency source, said, the source who spoke on
condition of anonymity, said:
Some members of the party felt that the
exchange of words between the President, his aides and the former
President was not good for the image of the party.
The source also added that,
“The party informed the
President that the members of the opposition could capitalise on the
disagreement to cause a major friction between the two leaders of the
party.
“The President has directed his aides
not to speak either directly or indirectly on anything that is injurious
to the former President on any issue. This is because some leaders of
the PDP have advised him not to take on the former President in a fight.
“Apart from the political implication of
such, we also believe that it could heat up the polity and cause
tension in both the party and the polity.
“Moreover, the party has seen that the
opposition is already trying to make gains from the fight and that will
not be a good thing either for the two leaders or our party.
“The President respects Obasanjo. He
will not do anything that will widen the gap between them. I am sure
that the disagreement will be settled.
“Besides, there are no plans by the President to witch-hunt Obasanjo with any probe.”
A member of the National Working
Committee of the party, who spoke with selected journalists in Abuja on
Sunday, said the party was worried about the increasing animosity
between the two senior members of the party.
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