Wikileaks CABLE: Etteh is Obasanjo's romantic interest

[ID:126432 Cable dated:2007-10-19T16:50:00]
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C O N F I D E N T I A L SECTION 01 OF 04 ABUJA 002232

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C O R R E C T E D COPY -- CORRECTED CLASSIFICATION

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DOE FOR CAROLYN GAY

E.O. 12958: DECL: 07/31/2017
TAGS: PGOV, KDEM, NI
SUBJECT: NIGERIA'S PDP - WHEN IS A PARTY NOT A PARTY?

REF: 04 ABUJA 1989

ABUJA 00002232 001.2 OF 004

Classified By: Charge d'Affairs Lisa Piascik for reasons 1.4. (b & d).


Obasanjo network:
-- David Mark (former Minister of Communications under Obasanjo, current Senate President)
-- Patricia Etteh (former hairdresser, romantic interest of Obasanjo, current Speaker of the House of Representatives)
-- Aliko Dangote (owner of the Dangote Group with substantial business interests in food processing, cement and freight, prominent funder of Obasanjo's 2003 re-election campaign)
-- Chris Uba (godfather of Anambra State, criminal ties)
-- Andy Uba (brother of Chris Uba, former Special Advisor for Domestic Affairs under Obasanjo, elected Governor of Anambra State in 2007 but removed when tribunal upheld term of Peter
Obi)
-- Abdullahi Adamu (immediate past Governor of Nasarawa State, current Secretary of PDP Board of Trustees)
-- Adamu Muazu (immediate past Governor of Bauchi State, no current political platform)
-- Bode George (retired Air Commander, current PDP National Deputy Chair for the Southwest)
-- Ahmadu Ali (current PDP Chairman)
-- Ojo Maduekwe (former Abacha supporter, current Minister of Foreign Affairs, seen as opportunistic and may decamp to Yar'Adua's camp if Obasanjo's influence wanes) PIASCIK