Obasanjo’s Exit Big Yoke Lifted Off PDP - Babatope

Chief Ebenezer Babatope Chuks Okocha in Abuja A member of Board of Trustees (BoT) of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and a chieftain of the party, Chief Ebenezer Babatope, on Monday said the exit of former president Olusegun Obasanjo from the party has lifted a big yoke in the PDP. Babatope, a former minister of Transport said: "Obasanjo leaving the PDP has come as a happy and welcome development. With Obasanjo's exit, a huge yoke has been lifted off the necks of PDP. "I congratulate the PDP for being patient in dealing with former President Obasanjo's offensives against the Party without embarking on wild and unproductive conclusions. Though Obasanjo is a hard fighter, his exit will have no effect of any kind on the PDP. The PDP will by God's grace win the March elections," he added. Also, speaking, secretary to the PDP board of Trustees, Jibril Wali, in an interview in Abuja, faulted the manner the former president left the party. "if I were him, I will not behave the way he did. There are procedures of leaving the party. He was Chairman, Board of Trustees, BoT, of the party and with his position, he would have followed the procedure.” Thisdays news