OBASANJO: I didn't tear my PDP membership card

Contrary to the make-believe that went viral recently, citing that the former President Olusegun Obasanjo public tore his Peoples Democratic Party membership card; Olusegun Obasanjo as one of the speakers at the Global Education and Skills Forum (GESF) 2015 in Dubai last Sunday stated otherwise.

The Former President at an interactive session with journalists speaks on Boko
Haram insurgency, the forthcoming general elections, President Goodluck Jonathan, among other issues.

Here is what Obasanjo said when quizzed on the public tearing of PDP membership card as excerpted from The New Telegraph

You publicly tore your Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) membership card…

I didn’t tear my PDP membership card; somebody else tore it because I said to him, “Here is the card, do whatever you like with it. If you like keep it; if you like tear it, if you like burn it. Here it is because they say it is giving them concern and they don’t know what is happening.”

I did that to prove to them what is happening.

What is your current status in the political party?

At this moment, I don’t possess the card of any political party

Is your public disapproval of President Goodluck Jonathan on corruption, insecurity and other issues reflective of who you are going to vote for in the elections?

I will decide who I will vote for when the time comes for me to vote.

But you have publicly endorsed the APC presidential candidate, Major General Muhammadu Buhari? 

When the time comes for me to endorse anybody, I will say I endorse. But what people are putting into my mouth for now, I will spit it out.

Read Full Interview From New Telegraph