Treating my f**k up: “Obasanjo sacked me because I told him I’m his party leader, not his cook” – Ogbeh

Former National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Chief
Audu Ogbeh, had disclosed on Saturday that his decision to call the
bluff of former President, Olusegun Obasanjo precipitated his removal
asthe party boss.


Ogbeh, now a stalwart of the Action Congress ofNigeria (ACN),
disclosed this at a meeting of the Benue State expanded executive
council of the party in Makurdi, that on one occasion, he told the
former president after a confrontation that he was not his boy and
must be treated as the then party Chairman.


According to him, "One day, I summed up courage and confronted
Obasanjo at a meeting. I told him point blank that Mr. president, I am
not your cook but your party chairman, so you talk to me with
respect."


At the meeting which was held to discuss the merger of ANPP, ACN, APGA
and CPC, Ogbeh said he asked Obasanjo to show the party leadership
some respect, reminding him that when others were building the party,
he was in prison and should stop kicking people around.


This, according to Ogbeh, did not go down well with the former
Presidentwho later masterminded his removal as the PDP Chairman.

He assured ACN members that its merger with APGA, CPC and ANPP will
work and that APC will be sure of victory over the PDP come 2015.


"Let me also assure you that APC will send PDP out of power in 2015," he said.
He lamented the present level of corruption in Jonathan's led
administration, asserting that it is the only thriving sector in the
country.


" When I was chairman of PDP, my son never got involved in oil but two
national chairmen after me, their sons pocketed over N400 billion
without supplying a tea cup of oil."


He added, "Chairman of Pension TaskForce Team is going about with
20policemen yet they are deceiving the people that he has escaped. He
may have donated the money to fund the party's campaign, so he's
untouchable."


Also speaking, Senate Minority leader,Senator George Akume, reaffirmed
that the merger was on course and advised ACN members to disregard
rumours that it will not work.


He noted that beginning the merger with 11 Governors was clearly a
remarkable achievement.