The hostility between President Goodluck Jonathan and former President
Olusegun Obasanjo worsened Monday as the former President sneaked out
from his palatial building in Abeokuta, immediately Jonathan arrived the
state capital.Obasanjo who was driven out in his black jeep and one
security hilux van, shunned his main entrance and made use of his
private gate through which he sneaked out.Vanguard
correspondent who was at Obasanjo’s house to cover the expected meeting
between the two country leaders observed that, some security personnel
who had been detailed at the former President house suddenly
disappeared.
Source close to Obasanjo’s Hilltop mansion in Abeokuta had earlier
confided in our correspondent said that President Jonathan was not in
the Obasanjo itinerary for the day.
He also hinted that, Obasanjo jetted out around 2: 59p.m few minutes
after the helicopter that flew the President to the state touched the
ground.
Operatives of the State Security Service (SSS) who had earlier besieged
the Obasanjo’s Hilltop mansion as early as 6a.m in anticipation of
president Jonathan’s arrival also left the place at exactly 3: 10p.m
when it became obvious that Jonathan was not coming to Obasanjo’s house.
Jonathan however, arrived the M.K.O stadium in Abeokuta at exactly 3:
50p.m and headed straight to the state box from where he later moved out
to acknowledge cheers from the crowd who had thronged the stadium venue
of the campaign as early as 7: 30a.m.
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