Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has resigned as chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Peoples Democratic Party.
In a statement he personally signed and made exclusively available to
the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja on Tuesday, Obasanjo said he
had sent the letter of resignation to the chairman of the party.
``I have formally sent in my letter of resignation as the Chairman of
BOT of PDP to the National Chairman of the party as prescribed in the
party’s constitution,’’ he said.
The former president added: ``‘I have formally requested the
President to allow my bowing out and to issue a short statement to that
effect.
‘‘By relieving myself of the responsibility for chairmanship of BOT
of PDP, I will have a bit more time to devote to the international
demand on me.’’
He further said that the step would give him time ‘‘to give some
attention to mentoring across the board nationally and internationally
in those areas that I have acquired some experience, expertise and in
which I have something to share’’
Obasanjo said his exit would afford him more time to develop ‘my
Presidential Library and to mobilising and encouraging investment in
Nigeria and Africa.’
He noted that before the last general elections, he believed that if
PDP produced the President, it would be time for him to reduce his
partisan political activities.
Obasanjo recalled that he was actively involved in bringing forth ‘my successor president from PDP in 2007.
`‘In 2011, I was in the vanguard of working for PDP to produce a president for Nigeria. God answered our prayer.
By News Agency of Nigeria.
Source Sahara Reporters 
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