Former President Olusegun Obasanjo was at the Presidential Villa on Sunday.He was accompanied by oil magnate, Mr. Femi Otedola, and both men were seen at the chapel, where the former President reportedly worshiped and prayed for the president and others who were there.The official purpose of the visit was not disclosed, but sources speculated it visit might be for two purposes. Click on read more below to continue...
The first, they said, might be a meeting between Obasanjo and President Goodluck Jonathan to resolve their well-publicized differences, while the other might be a discussion of the $620,000 bribery standoff involving Otedola and a member of the House of Representatives, Mr. Farouk Lawan.
While Otedola was the giver of the bribe, which was allegedly for the purpose of overlooking his company involvement in the fuel subsidy scam, Mr. Lawan, the receiver of the bribe money, was arraigned in court in Abuja on Friday and is remanded to jail pending a bail hearing. Next Friday, his bail application will be heard by Justice Mudashiru Oniyangi.
It was learnt that while there have been calls for the arraignment of Otedola as well, the former President may have gone to Aso Rock to convince the President that the oil magnate be made a prosecution witness in the trial of Lawan.
With reference to the reconciliation theory, both Obasanjo and Jonathan have squared up lately, especially on the need to tame the members of the Boko Haram sect. Obasanjo has continually blamed the President for not acting to end the endless killings of the sect.
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