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Former President, Olusegun Obasanjo, the current Chairman, Board of Trustees of the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), , yesterday evening held a meeting with governors of south-west states elected on the platform of the PDP, to strategise on common positions ahead of the forthcoming party primaries and polls in the governors’ respective states.
The closed-door meeting, which took place at the private residence of Mr Obasanjo at the Hilltop, Abeokuta, lasted for over four hours. It had in attendance the Ogun State governor, Gbenga Daniel; Oyo State governor, Adebayo Alao-Akala; Ekiti State governor, Segun Oni; Osun State governor, Olagunsoye Oyinlola, as well as former Ondo State governor and party leader in the state, Segun Agagu.
Speaking with the press afterwards, Mr Obasanjo said the meeting was convened at the request of governors of the south-west. “We resolved to hold consultative meeting among ourselves; me as the BOT Chairman, they as leaders of the party in their respective states,” he said.
Putting heads together
Mr Obasanjo further said, since the PDP has resolved the issue of zoning, “we have decided to have a preliminary meeting to put our heads together in the south-west.” The BOT Chairman, who said another similar meeting would take place soon, stated further that the issue of zoning has been laid to rest. “We are going to have another meeting in due course and when we hold that meeting, we will be talking to you in a more relaxed and more prepared fashion than this impromptu.”
On the visit of the party National Chairman, Okwesilieze Nwodo, to Ogun State today over the unresolved political crisis in the state, Mr Obasanjo declared that the party chairman is not coming to pay him a visit, hence, he is not interested in addressing the issue further.
Similarly, on the proposed visit of Goodluck Jonathan to the state next month, Mr Obasanjo also told journalists that he is not aware of the president coming to the state. “I am hearing of the visit of the president for the first time,” he said.

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