[Mhiz Rebecca]

The Senator Ahmed Makarfi faction of the Peoples
Democratic Party (PDP) has said it remains happy
with the achievement of Chief Olusegun Obasanjo as
former president of Nigeria on the party’s
platform.
Obasanjo dumped the party in 2015 just before the
election that was won by Muhammadu Buhari. He
left after a long battle with Goodluck Jonathan, who
he allegedly helped to install.
As he celebrates his 80th birthday, the PDP faction
said it felicitates with the former president wishes
“this quintessential elder-statesman joyful cheer on the
occasion of his 80th birthday.”
The party said the 80th birthday of OBJ, as he is
popularly called, is not only a celebration of his
sojourn on earth but a combination of the series of
his achievements and indelible legacies in various
sectors of the political, economic and social lives of
Nigerians as soldier, head of state, president and
Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of the
Federal Republic of Nigeria.
“For us in the PDP, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo remains a
leader and a president Nigerians will continue to
remember for his unique style and quality of leadership,
the fulcrum for his policy formulations and
implementations; and the ingenuity with which he
pioneered the affairs of the country creditably on the
platform of our great party, the PDP, from 1999 to 2007
and even after leaving office.
“We are proud of your heritage Your Excellency.
“Once again, we congratulate His Excellency, Chief
Olusegun Mathew Okikiola Obasanjo on his 80th
birthday and for his services and dedication to his
country, Nigeria, the continent Africa and globally.
“Your excellency, we wish you good health, more happy
and fruitful years ahead,” the party said in a
statement signed by Prince Dayo Adeyeye, its
national publicity secretary.