Contrary to reports that he was attending Trump’s inauguration, former
President Goodluck Jonathan yesterday visited Ibogun ,Ogun State, the
ancestral village of ex – President Olusegun Obasanjo.During the rare meeting between the duo who were bitterly divided in the
run-up to the election ,Obasanjo took Jonathan on a tour of the village
and they sat to place a local game, Ayo.
I want to thank you very sincerely for taking it upon yourself to pay us a visit at this point in time and at this location,
“Since you left office, you hardly have time to sit down and relax like
you have been able to do today and I hope and pray for more such relaxed
situation where we can reminiscence situations of the past that we have
been through in this country, and also look at what the future
portends.
“When leaders come, they have little or no experience, when they have to
go is when they have really amassed a lot of experience, where they
have wisdom, they are experienced to be in high demand, those people
like you and me who have the grace of God to bow out gracefully, if
there is no what I call constitutional office, we have residual
responsibilities for Nigeria.”.
I believe that not only Nigeria, and Africa and indeed the world will
continue to tap into our experiences, our wisdom and I hope and pray
that when the call is made to you, you will be more than ready to put
your experience into the service of this country, Africa and humanity in
general,” he said.
“I have said to you before and I will say again that there are plenty of
opportunities out there, within the country, within West Africa, within
African and indeed in the larger world where people will want you to
make contributions
“I believe that you are resting now and when you have fully rested and
you will be hearing from me because I have had the opportunity to have
gone around the world
“My regards to everybody at home, especially your wife, please tell her
that my wife sends her regards and I hope sooner or later we will be in
your part of the world to enjoy the atmosphere together.”
The visit lasted about four hours of which Obasanjo and Jonathan alone spoke behind closed doors for 40 minutes.
No member of Jonathan’s entourage or Obasanjo’s associates was allowed into the inner room where the secret talks took place.