Jonathan not wooing OPC for 2015 –Kuku
September 26, 2013 by Sodiq Oyeleke
Special
Adviser to President Goodluck Jonathan on Niger Delta, Mr. Kingsley
Kuku has denied that Jonathan was wooing the Oodua Peoples Congress
ahead of 2015 elections.
Kuku, who visited the leader of a
faction of the OPC, Gani Adams, in Lagos on Tuesday, explained that they
never discussed any issue bordering on 2015.
Both Kuku and Adams had met behind closed doors before briefing journalists.
Kuku, who was the former leader of a
faction of Niger Delta Militants, described the meeting as a “family
visit”, adding that he was not mandated to discuss issues relating to
2015 elections with Adams.
He said although he had not visited
Adams since his appointment, his visit at a time politicians were
talking about 2015 elections was not to woo OPC for Jonathan, but to
discuss “progressive issues”.
He said, “I have not come because of
2015 elections. In 1997 and 1998, at the formative stage of the mass
movement against military dictatorship, we worked together, so that
ideology again bounded us together. We have been talking on the
telephone and sometimes meet in events. This visit is just formal.
“The visit has nothing to do with 2015.
This visit is a family visit. As a matter of fact, I owed him a visit. I
don’t have any mandate to speak on 2015. I did not discuss 2015 with
him but we share ideologies.”
He, however, joined other Nigerians in
their agitation for a National Conference, saying, “I must come to terms
that Nigerians need to talk. Whether in a conference or what some
people refer to as dialogue, we just need to talk.”
Also, Adams said his meeting with Kuku
was to share some experiences and advice on how to repackage our
organisation (OPC) for general acceptance.
He added, “I was not so interested in
selling the idea of calling for an amnesty because our group did not
commit any offence that requires an amnesty. I can tell you
authoritatively that our meeting did not reflect any partisan issue or
2015 elections.
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Sodiq Oyeleke is a Media, Human Resources, Project Management and Public Relations Practitioner
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