Former President Olusegun
Obasanjo has visited a former Deputy National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic
Party (PDP), Bode George, in a move that appeared to bring to an end the
longstanding feud between the duo.
Mr Obasanjo visited Mr George on
Saturday to condole him over the death of his son, Dipo, who died in May.
A release by Mr Obasanjo’s media
aide, Kehinde Akinyemi, said the former president led his aides and loyalists
to the Ikoyi residence of the former military administrator of Ondo State.
Mr Obasanjo urged his host to
take solace in God over the death of his late son.
“We cannot query God, but to only
take solace in what He has done to you. If this do not happened, who knows what
next that will happen. I have not been around but it was in my mind to come
over and commiserate with you and the family. May God grant the depose eternal
rest,” he said.
However, the visit turned
emotional when Mr George’s sister, Majolagbe, in her vote of thanks, declared
that the longstanding rift between the two was over with the visit.
“We are all shocked when this
started,” she said. “But, today, the devil has been put to shame. The evil this
morning has been condemned outside this house. It will never come to these two
great Nigerians anymore.
“The time has come back again,
when my brother will find Otta his home. It is over, Allah take all thanks.”
The rocky relationship between
the duo dates back to Mr Obasanjo’s days in office as president.
Mr George, a former chairman of
the board of the Nigerian Ports Authority, was later convicted for corruption
and jailed, but the sentence was eventually overturned by the Court of Appeal.
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