Former President Olusegun Obasanjo on Monday visited President Muhammadu Buhari.
The two leaders met behind closed-doors after which Mr. Obasanjo told journalists he visited the president to deliver messages he brought from abroad.
Mr. Obasanjo, who spoke with State House correspondents, said, “I am visiting this time because I have some messages for the president.”
The former president said he recently travelled to Liberia and Gambia.
“I have messages that these two countries will want me to deliver to the president,” he said.
“Also, only yesterday I came back from Seychelles Island where I attended this year’s Annual General meeting of Africa Export Development Bank. And there are aspects of the proceedings that I think I should update the President on,” he said.
Corrupt lawmakers
The former president also reiterated his earlier stand that Nigeria’s National Assembly was made up of corrupt lawmakers.
Reacting to the ongoing scandal around the 2016 budget in the House of Representatives, Mr. Obasanjo said people who did not belief what he said about the Assembly in the past should now belief him since “what has come out confirms what I said in the past, then you can say what I said in the past is what I will say now.”
Mr. Obasanjo also said the issue of budget padding had gone beyond investigation.
He said what the nation needs to do now is to “get men and women of integrity in the place.”
He advised President Buhari to be vigilant and ensure that “whatever should not pass should not pass.”
When asked whether he enjoyed his frequent trips abroad. Mr. Obasanjo said, “travelling is a good education, what you will learn about a country by visiting that country for two or three days you won’t learn by reading through books.”
When asked whether he intends to ‘slow down’ any time soon, Mr. Obasanjo retorted, “May God not allow you to slow down.” Click to signup for FREE news updates, latest information and hottest gists everyday
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Obj is a criminal he went to ASO ROCK to tell Buhari to stop the investigation into the death of Bola Ige because he knows the role he played in Uncle B's death
ReplyDeleteWere you there? Why do we find it so hard to use our brains before we make comments? We really love to speculate.
ReplyDeleteObj say the truth what took you to Aso Rock. Anyway revisiting the murder case of Bola I've is simply politics. This President who is somersaulting lacks intellectual and political will to do anything meaningful
ReplyDeleteYou're just an illitrate. Why do people like you not just keep quiet when you don't have anything constructive to write!!! Try and leave the mediocre zone so you can write and talk more intelligently.
ReplyDeleteThis man, Obasenjo, is truly an hypocrite. Do we all remember that just before the 2015 presidential election, Obasenjo published in the front page of every news paper that Buhari, Tinubu etc. lacked integrity? If he now advises that Nigerians should get men of integrity in place, does it mean that Buhari (whose government he is part of ) should be removed, and the man is there watching him? Or when did Buhari started developing his integrity (overnight or after the election)?. If people were to be mindful of Obasenjo's talk, no one would have voted for Buhari in the last election. The truth remains that he is an hypocrite. Afterall, no one appointed him as the voice of the people and so he should not be taken serious. It is so unfortunate that he is called and elder statesman. To me, he is even the one who lacks integrity being an hypocrite.
ReplyDelete“travelling is a good education, what you will learn about a country by visiting that country for two or three days you won’t learn by reading through books.”
ReplyDeleteEven if you were read to, Obasanjo, your IQ will make no sense of the literature, because you are not cut out for education.
@ Safari, if you are half as intelligent as OBJ i am 100% certain you will not be vomiting this rubbish from your throat... Do you know how many publications he has to his name? MUMU like you with -100% IQ
DeleteDid you say publication? Wow! Be my guest and let me show you a catalog of professional writers whose job is to write on behalf of nitwits like you and obasanjo. In fact, you are not a good supporter of your principal because if you have read his so called works, you will find the details of the actual writers. Do your homework, Agbero!
DeleteThis OBJ is among the problem Nigeria have
ReplyDeleteI love Obasanjo so much because he never fails to amuse me in his malingering. Just take a pause and imagine the countries mentioned he traveled to; Gambia, Liberia and Seychelles. These countries population and sizes may be equivalent to Oshodi-Agege axis of Lagos. What can we learn from such economy and human capital experiences? I wont be supersize, he may have gone to checkout for a new pretty young girl/wife. After all Edo governor Oshomole has done the same from Seychelles. No wonder he told the journalist in that news conference "HE IS NOT SLOWING DOWN SOON". Every man will get that message. He may have come to invite the President for up coming Wedding event.
ReplyDeletePlease Baba, do not distract our president because this is our last chance to get it right or the country will be in a long haul for anarchy.