A
former Senior Special Assistant to ex-President Goodluck Jonathan on Media and
Publicity, Dr. Doyin Okupe, says he visited ex-President Olusegun Obasanjo,
kissed and prostrated before him on Sunday.
Okupe
said this in a Facebook post on Friday, May 13, 2016.
Okupe,
who once served under Obasanjo said their relationship turned sour after he
began working for Jonathan.
Okupe
said, “Last sunday, in the company of some friends I met with Baba Obasanjo
principally to try and settle and resolve the misunderstanding that has existed
between baba and I since I joined the Jonathan administration.
“Vintage
baba, he descended on me heavily and vented his anger copiously. I prostrated
and held his feet as a well trained Yoruba man and pleaded earnestly for his
forgiveness, occasionally given short explanations for areas I considered my
actions were misunderstood.
“Also
typical of baba, ever willing to forgive a repentant son, we embraced; I even
kissed him as a loving son.
“Politics
sometimes is such a bad business, you hurt your friends and even benefactors,
but all is well that ends well.”
It
will be recalled that during the build-up to the last presidential election,
Obasanjo had openly criticised Jonathan.
He
alleged that Jonathan had recruited a team of snipers and also said Jonathan
was afraid that the then presidential candidate of the All Progressives
Congress, Muhammadu Buhari, would jail him if he won.
Obasanjo
had also torn his membership card of the Peoples Democratic Party which
attracted condemnation from Jonathan’s men
Okupe
had openly condemned Obasanjo in the process of defending Jonathan.
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