He also said there was nothing wrong in President Muhammadu Buhari’s frequent trips as, according to him, Nigeria needs to be in touch with important centres of the world.
Obasanjo, who stated this in an interview, weekend, said the role of his office was to facilitate the recovery process and not how it was put to use. He said: “They said the money recovered from Abacha, I should account for it.
What stupidity! The man who asked for it, the man who gave the judgement or who answered them are all stupid, with due respect. “I don’t keep account, all Abacha loots were sent to Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, and every bit of it was reported to Minister of Finance.
My job was to write where we can get help to recover the money.
“Every penny that comes out of it went to CBN, so if they want to know what happened to the money, they should call CBN governor or call the Minister of Finance.
“But again, it shows ignorance, total ignorance, which is lacking and you wonder, are these people educated? They can also approach the man who helped us in recovering process to give the list of money recovered and where he took it.”
On fluctuating oil price On fluctuating oil price, Obasanjo said President Buhari was lucky than he was, saying: “When I assumed office in 1999, I inherited $3.7 billion in reserve, while Buhari met $30 billion, almost 10 times of what I met then, and the price of oil then was $9. When it got to $20, I was dancing.
“I know the price is down now and with time, it will jump up again. What Buhari is doing currently is preparing ground for Nigeria to take advantage when it goes up again.”
Obasanjo justifies Buhari’s frequent foreign trips
Obasanjo, who justified Buhari’s frequent foreign trips, said President Buhari needed to get involved in the world.
He said: “He needs to be known and to know people. How do you make friends and influence people except you know them and this cannot happen if he sits in Aso Villa, especially in a situation that we found ourselves, a situation where we have bad image in the world, a situation where we need to play leadership role, especially in Africa, because during Jonathan’s administration, Nigeria was not on the table.”
On Biafra agitation
Obasanjo, who described the Biafra agitation as a platform for people of the South East to make their voices heard, insisted that Biafra was dead.
He said: “I sympathise with people agitating in the country, but what Nigeria needs to do now is to get our economy back on track. When you have a bad economic situation, such is expected. So I did not see their cause as a threat but I see it as a platform to get their voices heard.
“Like I said on January 15, the important, authentic leaders of the South-East are concerned about economic situation of Nigeria and I believe when the situation changes tomorrow, these young people will sing a new song.”
No regret putting Jonathan forward as President
While expressing no regrets in facilitating the emergence of former President Goodluck Jonathan as President, Obasanjo said his objective had been achieved by making a minority group to produce the president of Nigeria.
He said: “I believe that Nigeria politics will be strengthened even more if we have the opportunity to allow the minority in its own right to emerge as President, and I do not have any apology for anybody because the purpose I wanted Nigeria to achieve had been achieved.
“That any Nigerian can become president, it is not a regret for Nigeria and for me because Nigeria gave him that opportunity, he used, abused, misused as he wished and at the appropriate time, Nigerians said thank you for what you have done and what you have not done and Nigeria said bye bye, which is the beauty of democracy.” Click to signup for FREE news updates, latest information and hottest gists everyday
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obasanjo is the greatest idiot Nigeria has ever produced
ReplyDeleteObasanjo said they are miscreants now he is talking on the other side of his mouth because he sees that the biafra tide is turned to a point where the world has legitimised thier struggle. This man is the foundation of our modern bad government.
ReplyDeleteNo need to complain yet Baba! This is change oooo!and Baba Buhari must probe you ooo!
ReplyDeleteThank God for He is Just. He alone reserves the right to judge the actions or inactions of men. I only feel sorry for men who speak with both side of their mouth. This is the very group that ex president Obasanjo belongs to.
ReplyDeleteThis man stupid sorry to say, imagine his response? So what CBN does at that time with the mkney is non of your business? If no one will judge you here on earth, God in heaven will judge you.
ReplyDeleteHaving people like Obj still living is a diservice to mother Nigeria. He alone singlehanded institutionalized corruption and yet people still identofy with him. An old fool who has no shame and lacks moral ethic. He should be jailed for the rest of his miserable life for what he did with our collective wealth, especially in the power sector but we are in naija. What do u expect
ReplyDeleteYou no know where him dey make you go kill am? Idiotic animal like you.
DeleteOga shut up please....u are the idiot here...he said he should not be held accountable for abachas loot,that we should hold cbn,good and fyn,why is gej been asked about abachas loot,y not go straight to the cbn and ask them...yeye dey smell....
DeleteYou people are fools go and look for something to do
DeleteObj is right in describing those asking to know as ignorant. He may even be right to call them stupid. Whether ignorant or stupid, they are Nigerians and the reserve the right to know.
ReplyDeletePlease tell obj to remove their ignorance by giving account. Afterall, these ignorant and stupid people are the same people who gave the wise and knowledgeable obj the mandate to rule.
An old man should not lost his senses too quickly
do we all remember that when buhari came into office, there was a headline flash of obasanjo returns about $100m abacha loot. now my question is did he go to cbn to collect and return that money. he said he did not want to release the money when jonathan was in govt. so hw do we now ask the cbn about something he knows more about.
DeleteBut I'm surprised that Obasanjo stated that Buhari was lucky to have met $30 billion in Government reserve unlike him that met $3.2Billion in 1999... Now, why APC/PMB rulling Party were telling Nigerian lies that they didn't met any money in the treasury... OMG.. APC is a party full of lies and decides. Ahahahahahah
ReplyDeleteGo n find out d different btw reserve and treasury b4 u comment here.
DeleteOBJ is possessed by demons. I know one day God in heaven will judge him by making common Nigeria to passed through pains and hardship during leadership. A man who have sold his heart to the devil what else do you expect from him again.
ReplyDeleteOBJ is possessed by demons. I know one day God in heaven will judge him by making common Nigeria to passed through pains and hardship during leadership. A man who have sold his heart to the devil what else do you expect from him again.
ReplyDeletetime they say shall tell, the true will surely come out one day it might be delayed but one day.....the gods are wise!
ReplyDeleteI laugh. I smell their end drawing close.
ReplyDeleteHow can a former Commander-in-Chief say he cannot account for a recovered loot? Giving such flimsy excuses as the Finance minister and CBN. How irresponsible! So much for accountability
ReplyDeleteNawaaaaaa!
ReplyDeleteWe are here fighting ourselves,without searching for solution,this men we are talking about are made already.....am just crying over steady light and unemployment....in america if you are not working you can be able to buy stuffs you need with debit card as far as you are a citizen and a graduate,when you start working the government will be deducting the money from your account,our system generally is bad....go to Togo you will be enjoying steady light,any country without steady light up till now is very very back ward....we left better things we suppose to discuss about and better our lives and the life good citizens of Nigeria...we should have a re-think....let's shout out and cry over steady light and the problems of the youths that graduated from university years ago than all this things we are talking about....peace!
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