Obasanjo visits Bode George 20 years after silent feud

In an historic, passion-filled reunion, former President Olusegun Obasanjo paid a condolence visit to Chief Bode George Saturday morning on the recent loss of his son.
In the eight years of Obasanjo’s administration, Chief Bode George was effectively his alter ego, his most intimate confidant who was a storm trooper in the toughest period of the Obasanjo’s administration.
The atmosphere at the Ikoyi residence of Chief Bode George was woven with warmth, with sobering unifying affection and with a deepening of genuine healing on both sides. It was a significant reunion that may be a bellwether for a new political rapprochement and a forging of forces in the South West and at the national front. Party stalwarts and family members welcomed Chief Obasanjo, among whom were Engineer Seun Philipps,…