By Our Reporter
The longstanding bad blood between former Nigerian President, Olusegun Obasanjo and Aare Gani Adam has ended as the two men were today reconciled at the Lekki residence of Chief Ayo Adebanjo.
After a frank and plain exchanges, it was a happy resolution with a joint determination to face the challenges of now and the future.
Yinka Odumakin, Afenifere spokesperson who was part of the reconciliation, said the meeting also took far reaching decisions on major and critical issues affecting the Yoruba nation to be basis of consultation with other leaders in Yoruba land.
Others at the meeting were Otunba Akin Osuntokun and other Afenifere leaders.
The disagreement between Obasanjo and Adams dated to the 90s when the then president cracked down forcefully on the Odua Peoples Congress and its leadership.
Speaking at the meeting, President Obasanjo and Pa. Adebanjo expressed deep concern on the state of the nation – especially on rising state of insecurity, killings, kidnapping and how these threaten the Yoruba people.
Chief Adams was said to have also expressed concern about the impact of insecurity on the livelihood of the people of the South West.
The leaders agree to continue to look for ways to improve sanctity of lives and livelihoods in the region and across Nigeria.