The Nigerian former president, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo has said he had no quarrel with the Aare Onakakanfo of Yorubaland, Gani Adams.
Obasanjo said he had refused to grant Adams’ request to visit him when he was the president and after he left the office.
The former president has a reservation for Adams’ past way of life, which he said, was contrary to his own standards and principles.
He disclosed that his meeting with Adams at the residence of the Afenifere chieftain, Chief Ayo Adebanjo, in Lekki was not on a reconciliatory mission.
In a statement by his Special Assistant on Media, Kehinde Akinyemi, on Wednesday, Obasanjo said he paid a visit to Adebanjo but met Adams there.
The statement was titled, “No fight to warrant reconciliation with Adams – Obasanjo”.
The statement read, “My attention has been drawn to some publications reporting an acclaimed reconciliation between Gani Adams and myself at the residence of Chief Ayo Adebanjo in Lagos today.
“It is true that I paid a personal visit to Chief Ayo Adebanjo at his residence in Lekki Phase 1 on December 2, 2020 and I met Gani Adams there.
“I have no quarrel with Gani Adams, but for his past way of life which was not in accord with my standards and principles. I have in the past, both in government and out of government, refused to grant Gani’s request to visit me.
“If at all anybody feels I have a quarrel with him or her that needs reconciliation, such reconciliation will, no doubt, take place in my residence in Abeokuta only.”
