Posted to the web 21 January 2008
Christy Iliya
A founding father of the ruling PDP, Isyaku Ibrahim has urged the party to expel former president Olusegun Obasanjo from its fold.
Ibrahim hinged his stance on the alleged incest charge against Obasanjo. The former Nigerian leader was recently reported to have had an illicit affair with his son's wife.
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Ibrahim said Obasanjo lacks the moral basis to be the chairman of PDP's Board of Trustees since the "BOT is the soul and conscience of the party."
He said that unless the party expels Obasanjo, the electorate will wonder if the PDP is a morally decadent party that can not be trusted. "What are we teaching people by allowing such a character to remain in our ranks? The truth is that Obasanjo is a morally bankrupt fellow. I was never fooled by the man right from the 70's when I began to uncover his deceptive character. I have been vindicated several times."
He urged President Umar Musa Yar'Adua to address the issue "frontally". He said "if Yar'Adua claims he will fight corruption then this must be one of them, because this is moral corruption. He must deal with this."
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