They Are Idiots - Iyabo Obasanjo Blasts PDP

The daughter of former president, Olusegun Obasanjo, Iyabo Obasanjo has stated that she does not regret leaving the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for the All Progressives Congress (APC).

Recall that she returned to active politics after about 15 years and joined the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) ahead of the 2027 general elections in Ogun State.

Speaking on Wednesday while featuring on Frontline, a current affairs program on Eagle 102.5 FM Ilese Ijebu, the politician recounted how the PDP often reached out only when it needed her to mobilize support during elections, sidelining her contributions and insights in the process.

She said, “My own situation was a decision based on analysis and based on who I am and where I feel comfortable being part of. I’m not comfortable being part of an organization that I left and nobody cared to find out why.

“And I can even tell you, it was this bad that the only time I got a call from them….. I was a senator of the federal republic and I knew the followership I had there and then the election was coming and somebody from the presidency reached out. How transactional is that? So, I dropped the phone on the person. I’m like, you only realize that there are people that can help you during elections.

“So, yes, I will never go back to that party. I just feel that at the level I left, that nobody… I don’t know if I feel betrayed, I just feel the individuals there are not people I want to associate with.

“I think they’re idiots, if you can put it that way. And I think they’re idiots because if elections are about people and if you don’t reach out to the people that are prominent in your party, how do you win elections? You can’t.” 

Obasanjo argued that politics was not about using people for an end but about caring for people and carrying them along.

“And if you can’t care for people in your own leadership team, how can you care for the ordinary person on the street?” she asked.