Former President, Olusegun
Obasanjo, has been accused of using the recently-launched Coalition for Nigeria
to achieve his third term ambition.
A group, under the aegis of
Coalition for Nigeria (CN) has come out to claim that the former president
stole its idea and name by ‘criminally’ launching the Coalition of Nigeria
Movement (CNM).
Obasanjo’s proposed political movement was launched in Abuja on Wednesday at
the Yar’Adua Centre with former Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Governors,
Olagunsoye Oyinlola and Donald Duke in attendance.
Reacting, however, the group
warned Nigerians not to be deceived into thinking they are dealing with the
authentic group when in reality, they could be playing into the den of persons
that have track record of being political criminals.
CN described the Obasanjo-led
Coalition Movement as a group of failed politicians and those that had made
immense contributions towards wrecking Nigeria with a sprinkling of youths that
have anger issues.
Speaking at a press conference on
Thursday, Sabo Odeh, the national president of the group said the authentic
Coalition for Nigeria has noble intentions centred around galvanising Nigerians
for nation building around tenets that are long term without pandering to
unnecessary drama and media hype.
According to him, “Our Coalition
is not limited to creating a backdoor for retired and tired politicians to
install puppets in government for the purpose of continuing to loot the
treasury while ruling by impunity as had been experienced in the past. Obasanjo
Coalition Movement seeks to do the exact opposite while leveraging on our
credible name to sell its lies to Nigerians.
“The Coalition for Nigeria,
having the best intentions of our dear nation at heart, is careful to go about
effecting change in a way that does not jeopardize the stability and safety of
Nigeria. There is nothing to be gained in burning our country in the name of
seeking improvement; the reforms we all desire are achievable through
persuasion, consensus building and collaboration without resorting to
inflammatory acts and utterances as we have seen with some people.
“Instead of pursuing peaceful
growth and evolution, what we have seen the children of anger in the Obasanjo
Coalition Movement is a situation where old politicians in their twilight are manipulating
youths to be incendiary.
“Our Coalition is made up of
Nigerians that yearn for a better country with the firm belief that the
dismantling of the infrastructure for corruption is a necessary first step that
ensure that we can then build the country on a solid foundation that provides
level playing field to all citizens. Obasanjo Coalition Movement is however at
variance with this noble and laudable assembly hence its obsession with
stealing such respectable name. The failed assemblage is made up of former
public office holders that are suffering the withdrawal symptoms of not having
access to the proceeds of corruption upon which their unsustainable lifestyles
had depended; this demographic is supported by their entitled offspring and
lackeys that have similarly lost access to easy money.
“The authentic Coalition for
Nigeria will continue to pursue the noble objective of having credible persons
to drive the Nigeria Project irrespective of differences pertaining to class,
ethnicity, religious or political affiliation. Our belief is that such melding
is important for building prosperous nations and that Nigeria should not be
left behind. This is why we find it distasteful that an impostor coalition is
using our identity to malign fellow Nigerians on the divisive concepts of
ethnicity and geo-political differences. This is not only criminal but also
sick.
“The outcomes that the Coalition
of Nigeria desire is a Nigeria that works for us all, the outcomes we have in
mind are such that would persist from one administration to the other, an
enduring legacy. We are however shocked that the people that are trying to
steal our name have the singular agenda of helping former president and
convener of the shady group, Dr. Olusegun Obasanjo, to secure a third time in
office, something he could not achieve when he last held office in 2007.
“Having laid out this background,
the legitimate Coalition for Nigeria hereby warns the Obasanjo Coalition
Movement to stop using our name to further the agenda of failed politicians
that are out to pursue Obasanjo’s Third Term and Third Time Agenda. If he had
failed before nothing stops him from spectacularly failing again, this time. It
is most unfortunate that this hare-brained attempt is coming at a time when
even Ghaddafi, Grand-dad Mugabe and Jammeh have all become history.
“We want Nigerians to take note
today that we have distanced ourselves from this threat to Nigeria’s wellbeing.
We should all be genuinely worried that Obasanjo has relaunched his Third
Term/Third Time bid more than one decade after he failed to clinch same while
in power in 2007. Our cry to Nigerians for this group to stop using our name is
premised on the information we have received that most of the 1000 snipers
trained for Obasanjo’s Third Term Agenda are still viable and would be deployed
to further render our dear country unstable.
“Please, note that members of the
Obasanjo Coalition Movement had dedicatedly implemented this destabilization
agenda against the economy in the past three years before they came out to
admit they are members of the same group.”
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