Nigeria's former ruling party, the Peoples Democratic Party, has apologized to former president Olusegun Obasanjo for "bad conduct and mistreatment" of the former leader, a staffer has said. Obasanjo assured the party leaders that he would be ready to provide any advice it needs in the run up to the 2019 presidential elections.
The Coalition for Nigeria Movement (CNM) established by former president Olusegun Obasanjo early this year, has merged with a relatively obscure political party, the African Democratic Congress (ADC). Obasanjo had in January rolled out CNM, saying he would cease to be a member if it changed its status from a pressure group to a political party.
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Former president Olusegun Obasanjo has officially registered as a member of the Coalition for Nigeria Movement. Obasanjo proposed the coalition as a platform to mobilise Nigerians to sack President Muhammadu Buhari.
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