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Ex-President Olusegun Obasanjo advised the seven “rebel” governors to find a way to beg and reconcile with President Goodluck Jonathan.

The former president offered the advice when five of seven governors visited him in Abeokuta, capital of Ogun State. The governors'visited significantly less than 24 hours after a detachment of policemen disrupted their meeting in Kano State Governor's Lodge, in Abuja.

The five governor who visited Obasanjo included Rotimi Amaechi (Rivers) Aliyu Babangida (Niger), Sule Lamido (Jigawa), Muritala Nyako (Adamawa) and Rabiu Kwankwanso (Kano).

Pointblanknews.com couldn't determine why Governors Abduahmed Fatai (Kwara) and Aliyu Wamakko (Sokoto) stayed back.

Sources near the meeting said Obasanjo told the governors that their situation can only worsen should they continue steadily to oppose Jonathan.

Obasanjo reportedly told the governors that no President, irrespective of his perceived weakness, would stand and watch a human of governors test his resolve.

In line with the sources, the former president advised the embattled governors to find methods for reconciling with Jonathan if they don't want rougher days ahead.

A source among the governors who visited Obasanjo however confided in online source that the former president's advice might have fallen on deaf ears.

“From just how things are, I don't think some of these governors would beg Mr. President. They think they've crossed the rubicon and therefore had nothing more to lose to get rid of,” he added.

Ex-Nigeria’s President Olusegun Obasanjo on Saturday said he would respond to the claims made by his erstwhile deputy, former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar, on their political relationship, in his soon-to-be published book.

Abubakar had, in an interview published in Hausa language by a newspaper, disclosed that he “blasted” Obasanjo over his bid to run for a second term and had argued vehemently with him on his (Obasanjo’s) bid to go for a third term.

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He also claimed he snubbed Obasanjo, who had visited his residence to plead for his support for a second term. He disclosed that Obasanjo gave him a Quran to swear as a pledge of his loyalty to him, during one of their arguments.

When contacted for Obasanjo’s response to Abubakar’s claims, the former President’s media aide, Mr. Vitalis Ortese, simply told one of our correspondents, “Wait for our book.”

Also, Obasanjo’s Chief of Staff, Mr. Victor Durodola, said the former President did not want to respond to the things Atiku said in the interview.

“There is nothing to respond to. What was published was taken out of context, from an interview. He (Atiku) did not come to say it directly, so it is not something we can respond. My principal does not want to respond to it,” he said.

When asked if Atiku’s claims were correct, Durodola said, “There is nothing to correct.”

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