By Dirisu Yakubu

ABUJA- Former President, Olusegun Obasanjo and the leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Saturday rose from a two hours meeting and resolved to join forces to rescue Nigeria in the 2019 general elections.

Led by the party’s National Chairman, Prince Uche Secondus, the PDP leadership comprising of members of the National Working Committee (NWC) and leaders of the Board of Trustees (BOT) met with Chief Obasanjo in his Abeokuta Hilltop residence on Saturday.

During the meeting, the leaders agreed that mistakes were made in the past for which the leadership of the PDP tendered apologies to the former President, reminding him of the significance of forgiveness as a divine directive.

Obasanjo, who responded to the apology with a Yoruba proverb that one does not hand over his child’s waist band to an enemy just because the band did not fit the child’s waist, further expressed his preparedness to fight for the course of nationhood while assuring that Nigeria’s glory would be restored, regardless of what it takes.

A statement obtained from the Office of the party’s National Publicity Secretary quoted Obasanjo as saying he would join forces with well-meaning leaders across the country to prevent the nation’s drift to lawlessness.

Earlier, Secondus hailed the commitment of the former President towards the development and stability of the nation, recalling his personal inputs both as military and elected President.

He charged Obasanjo to lead from the front, as he had always done, adding that young leaders have a lot to learn from him.

Last week, the African Democratic Congress (ADC), a party that his home to loyalists of the former President, signed a Memorandum of Understanding alongside 37 others with the PDP to field a joint Presidential candidate in the 2019 elections.