by Akan Ido
Ex-President Olusegun Obasanjo was yesterday in Jos, Plateau State to visit his son, Lt. Col. Adeboye Obasanjo who was injured a few days ago following an attack by gunmen suspected to be members of the Boko Haram Islamic sect.
The younger Obasanjo was shot in the leg as his platoon engaged with Boko Haram militants in Adamawa State.
The former president flew into Jos around 5:45pm and was received at the Yakubu Gowon Airport, Heipang by the deputy governor of the state, Ambassador Ignatius Longjan and Gbong Gwom Jos, His Majesty Da Jacob Gyang Buba.
Others at the airport to receive the former president were the commander of the Special Task Force on Jos crisis, Major General David Eniete, the commissioner of police and the director of State Security Service.
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From the airport the former president, the deputy governor and other security chiefs drove straight to Obasanjo’s guest house along Wase Close where his injured son was waiting for him.
Our correspondent gathered that his son rushed to him to welcome him and they embraced each other.
According to a source who did not want his name in print, the younger Obasanjo was at the 3rd Amoured Division Medical Centre, while other sources close to the family said that the injured officer may have already been treated and discharged and may simply be waiting in Jos to re-join his colleagues in the battle against insurgents in the north-east axis.
The former president reportedly left his guest house at exactly 7:09pm back to the Yakubu Gowon Airport after holding a meeting with his son, security chiefs, Gbong Gwom Jos and deputy governor Longjan.
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