THE PAINS AND GAINS OF PDP'S REBIRTH : Goodluck Jonathan Storms Out of Reconciliation Meeting, Accuses Obasanjo of Masterminding PDP Crisis

 
According to Premium Times Nigeria, President Jonathan has vehemently accused Obasanjo of being behind the ongoing PDP crisis. As he was quoted as saying, “Obasanjo created the problem; he should go and solve it.”

He said this during a reconciliation meeting held a day after former Vice President Atiku Abukabar and seven state governors – amidst other top members of the party – stormed out of the PDP national convention and formed their own breakaway party.

According to sources present at the meeting, President Jonathan was furious and said that there were opposing forces within the party bent on blackmailing him so he submits to their whims. It was after saying this that he was reported to have stood up from his seat and angrily walked off, saying he was no longer interested in the reconciliation talks, and that Obasanjo – who, according to the President, caused the whole mess in the first place – should handle the problem.

In response to requests that he terminate his re-election ambitions, President Goodluck Jonathan has said that he refuses to lay down his rights to vote and be voted for.