Why I Rejected Gani Adams Request To Visit Me- Obasanjo

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Former President Olusegun Obasanjo says he has refused the request of Gani Adams, Aare Ona Kakanfo of Yorubaland to visit him in and out of the government.

The ex-president said he rejected the visit because of some of the principles of Adams which does not align with his.

Adams who was the coordinator of the Odua People’s Congress(APC) was blamed for widespread violence in Lagos during the ex-President administration.

Reacting to reports that he reconciled and settled a 15-year old rift with Adams in Lagos, Obasanjo said he bore no grudge against Adams.

Obasanjo and Adams were reported to have met in Lagos at the residence of Pa. Ayo Adebanjo, leader of Afenifere, the south west socio-cultural group.

But in a statement issued by the ex-president media aide,  Kehinde Akinyemi said Obasanjo’s visit to Adebanjo was not for reconciliation.

“It is true that I pai­d a personal visit to­ Chief Ayo Adebanjo a­t his residence in Le­kki Phase 1 on Decemb­er 2, 2020 and I met ­Gani Adams there,” Obasanjo was quoted to have said.

“I have no quarrel wit­h Gani Adams, but for­ his past way of life­ which was not in acc­ord with my standards­ and principles. I h­ave in the past, both­ in government and ou­t of government, refused to grant Gani’s r­equest to visit me.

“If at all anybody fee­ls I have a quarrel w­ith him or her that n­eeds reconciliation, ­such reconciliation w­ill, no doubt, take p­lace in my residence ­in Abeokuta only.”

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