PDP Begs For OBJ’s Forgiveness, Ask Him To Return To The Party

The People’s Democratic Party, PDP has pleaded for forgiveness from its former BoT leader, President Olusegun Obasanjo.

Speaking at the party’s secretariat in Abuja yesterday, Alhaji Muazu, who is the current National Chairman of the PDP said:

“I want to join OGD, I want to join my dear senior brother and indeed all the teeming members here to very sincerely apologise to our leader, to our baba, my baba, General Olusegun Obasanjo to forgive us. We cannot continue. I know he has been very prayerful. In the Villa, I know he used to pray every morning. Very early, 5:30 to 6am, he was praying.

And I know he keeps on praying all the time. As we say in our Lord’s Prayer: “Forgive us our sins, as we forgive those who trespass against us”.

How Nigerian Officials Bought Jets, Luxurious Cars With $533 Million Oil Bribe Money

Report in Reuters is indicting some top ranking Nigerian officials over allegation bothering on how more than half of $1.1 billion was collected as bribe, and lavished on jets and armoured cars.

According to the letter seeking the help of UK’s Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) to freeze the assets of those involved, Italian prosecutors said some of the N83 billion ($533 million) slush money was used to buy private jets and armoured vehicles.

  

“We are investigating many money transfers to many people in various countries who received sums that vary from millions of dollars to thousands of dollars,” Italian prosecutors told Reuters.

OBJ’s Son Shot In Boko Haram Attack In Adamawa

Son of Nigeria’s former President, Adeboye Obasanjo, a Lieutenant Colonel and was Monday shot in an attack by Boko Haram in Baza in Adamawa State.

It was gathered that the terrorists attacked a platoon led by Obasanjo, killing 24 soldiers. Obasanjo, an army engineer at the 3rd Division, Jos, Plateau State sustained gunshot wounds to the leg.

At the time of the incident, Major Gen JS Zaruwa, Colonel Victor Ebhaleme who serve as the Brigade Commander of the 23rd Army Brigade in Yola and Lieutenant Agwu were all together advancing towards Michika when Boko Haram fighters ambushed them and unleashed the deadly attack on the soldiers.

According to reports, the army also lost an armoured tank to the militants.