Former President of Nigeria, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, from all indications is an elder statesman and a nationalist. He is one man that is passionate about the unity, peace and progress of our beloved country.
This may be the reason why he is always writing letters to government officials especially sitting presidents, since he stepped-down as the former leader of our country. Call him a letter writer and you may not be wrong.
Obj, as he is fondly called is not afraid of speaking his mind on local, national and international issues at any point in time, no matter whose ox is gored.
But, feelers have it that patriotic Obasanjo allegedly played a role in the leadership crises that led to the splitting of the Yoruba ethnic militia group- Oodua People’s Congress.
Insider sources told our correspondent last week that during the regime of Obj, the late OPC leader, Dr Fredrick Fasehun, visited and appealed to him to intervene in the crises that was then rocking the militia group.
Fashion, a trained medical doctor was said to have begged the former president to call OPC members to order in order to ensure that peace returns between himself, and Gani Adams, another then desperate contender to the leadership tool of the group.
The former president was said to have promised to ensure that there was peace in OPC, which will lead to a situation where Yoruba nation are not embarrassed.
There were also unconfirmed allegations that the former president handed N20million to Fasheun to facilitate the peace settlement process.
But, when the visit of the medical doctor-turned OPC war lord came to the attention of Adams, he was said to have stormed Obj’s farm in Abeokuta, Ogun State and confronted the president on the matter.
Obj, it was gathered denied giving money to the late OPC warlord and Adams angrily left the farm and allegedly mobilized some of his loyal supporters to snub Fasheun and his supporters.
This, our sources said is one of the many reasons that contributed to the splitting of OPC into two factions, where Adams is heading what could be regarded, rightly or wrongly as the militant, crude arm of the group, while the late doctor, until his death was in charge of the intellectual, enlightened faction.
