{"id":41152,"date":"2015-08-11T10:58:48","date_gmt":"2015-08-11T09:58:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=41152"},"modified":"2015-08-11T10:58:48","modified_gmt":"2015-08-11T09:58:48","slug":"ill-remain-partyless-till-i-die-says-obasanjo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/exclusive\/ill-remain-partyless-till-i-die-says-obasanjo\/","title":{"rendered":"I&#8217;ll remain &#8216;partyless&#8217; till I die, says Obasanjo"},"content":{"rendered":"<p id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1439286390536_7343\" dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has said that he would never be a partisan politician.<\/p>\n<p id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1439286390536_7341\" dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">Obasanjo made the comment yesterday when he received Kogi State governor, Capt. Idris Wada, a Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, governor, at his residence in Abeokuta, Ogun State capital.<\/p>\n<p id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1439286390536_7338\" dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">OBJ, as fondly called, however said he would continue to contribute his quota to nation-building.<\/p>\n<p id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1439286390536_7289\" dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cEverybody is welcome but they must be with good leadership traits, and genuine intention to improve the country,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1439286390536_7347\" dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cWe should understand first that, not the party makes the person, but the person makes the party. It is who you are that you bring into the party. Though, for now I remain a \u2018partyless\u2019 Nigerian, but, I will continue to welcome any Nigerian with good leadership qualities.<\/p>\n<p id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1439286390536_7348\" dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cIt does not matter which party you are, either, PDP, APC, Labour, APGA any party at all, as long as you a are committed, sincere and a purposeful leader, I am ready for you.<\/p>\n<p id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1439286390536_7349\" dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cAnd that is what our brother is doing. I pray that this country will never be short of this type of people,\u201d Obasanjo said.<\/p>\n<p id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1439286390536_7350\" dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">Wada said he was at the residence to pay homage to the former president.<\/p>\n<p id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1439286390536_7351\" dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cSince we were honored as the best governor yesterday in Lagos, we deemed it appropriate to come down to Abeokuta to report to our father the little recognition we got\u201d.<\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has said that he would never be a partisan politician. Obasanjo made the comment yesterday when he received Kogi State governor, Capt. 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