Former president, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo has revealed why he refused the Aare Onakakanfo of Yorubaland, Gani Adams, visiting him, while he, Obasanjo was president.
Obasanjo who made his reason known in a statement by his Special Assistant on Media, Kehinde Akinyemi, on Wednesday, said it was because of his reservations for Adams’ way of life.
The Former President said Adam’s past way of life was the problem as this was not in accordance with his standards and principles, reports Punch.
Chief Obasanjo said however, that he had no quarrels with Adams.
He titled his message “No fight to warrant reconciliation with Adams – Obasanjo”, added that his meeting with Adams at the residence of a chieftain of Afenifere , Chief Ayo Adebanjo, in Lekki was not on a reconciliatory mission,
“My attention has been drawn to some publications reporting an acclaimed reconciliation between Gani Adams and myself at the residence of Chief Ayo Adebanjo in Lagos today.
“It is true that I paid a personal visit to Chief Ayo Adebanjo at his residence in Lekki Phase 1 on December 2, 2020 and I met Gani Adams there.
“I have no quarrel with Gani Adams, but for his past way of life which was not in accord with my standards and principles. I have in the past, both in government and out of government, refused to grant Gani’s request to visit me.
“If at all anybody feels I have a quarrel with him or her that needs reconciliation, such reconciliation will, no doubt, take place in my residence in Abeokuta only.”
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Obasanjo has a tall reputation in not only Nigeria but in the whole of Africa having been military president, civilian president for eight years, and chaired the Eminent Persons Group, a group of influential African leaders of thought.
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