Jonathan pleads to have a secret meeting with Obasanjo

Information got to naijahforreal.blogspot.com from on Sunday night that President Goodluck Jonathan is jittery with the way he is loosing supporters ahead of the February 14 presidential election but we didn't really believe the story until we saw this report. All is not well and Mr President is seeing it clearly.

Consequently, President Jonathan has sent an emissary to President Olusegun Obasanjo for a meeting.

The move is seen as a last minute effort to get the blessing of his estranged political godfather ahead of the presidential election, especially with the growing popularity of the presidential and vice presidential candidates of the APC, General Muhammadu Buhari and Pastor Yemi Osinbajo.

Daily Trust gathered that Jonathan’s emissaries have been on the trail of Obasanjo who is a former Chairman of the Board of Trustees (BoT) of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for days.

President Jonathan would have been in Abeokuta for the visit last Thursday but for a last minute cancellation. Evidence that Jonathan was being expected at the Obasanjo’s country home last Thursday was that the expansive house became a Mecca of a sort albeit temporarily, with the presence of PDP bigwigs.

After hours of endless wait and an apparent indication that the visit would no longer hold, the visitors started leaving one after the other. A top member of the party confirmed to Daily Trust that their presence was “aimed at giving Mr. President a befitting welcome.”

He said: “But, after series of calls to Abuja, we found out that it has been rescheduled, but what time and venue it will be, I cannot say.”

The reason for the cancellation could not immediately be ascertained but a source said both sides decided to postpone it due to understanding reached between them.

“I think both sides want to play safe to avoid past experiences. What aides are doing to divide them is more than what they are doing to unite them.

“There is need to have enlarged presence of some eminent Nigerians, so that the meeting would be frank and expository. Both sides apparently agreed to the idea."

However, it was gathered that Obasanjo would still stick to his demands for discipline in the party, level of insecurity and the poor state of the Nigerian economy.

“It gives serious concern and with the rainy days staring us at the face, we have to let the nation know. You don’t need an expert to say that our economy is not what it is supposed to be,” Obasanjo had said during his meeting with PDP governors sent to plead with him by President Jonathan.