Former President Olusegun
Obasanjo has fired yet another shot at President Muhammadu Buhari, saying “the
mediocre performance of Buhari cannot be described as by anybody as superlative
even by morons”.
Obasanjo said this while denying
the reports that he has decided to endorse Buhari’s second term.
The elder statesman said he has
made known his position about Buhari in a letter he wrote to the president in
January.
In the letter, Obasanjo advised
Buhari against seeking re-election, saying doing so would amount to
overstretching the tolerance level of Nigerians.
In a statement issued on
Obasanjo’s behalf by Kehinde Akinyemi, his media aide, the ex-president accused
some “desperate elements” in Buhari’s camp of spreading falsehood against him.
Obasanjo said they are trying to
create the impression that he is now in support of Buhari’s second term.
Below is the statement:
It has come to the attention of
Chief Olusegun Obasanjo that some elements in the Muhammadu Buhari camp and or
support group are desperate to secure a second term, fair or foul. In this
desperation, everything is fair, including telling libelous lies against
persons and institutions, instead of addressing the fundamental issues of
statecraft and economic management.
In the last 24 hours the internet
has been bombarded with deliberate falsehoods aimed at hoodwinking the
unsuspecting Nigerians to believe that Obasanjo has now supported Buhari for
his second term because of some perceived Buhari’s ‘superlative’ performance in
his encounter with Trump during his visit to the White House in Washington DC.
In another breath, these
blackmailers insinuated that Chief Obasanjo met with some Nigeria Labour
Congress leaders in his house in Abuja on Workers’ Day. What a pathetic
fallacy! Chief Obasanjo never met any Labour man or woman on May 1, 2018 to
make any supposed volte face to support Buhari. Furthermore, neither was Chief
Obasanjo in Abuja on that date nor does he own a house in Abuja. Any time he
visits Abuja, he usually stays in a Guest House or hotel.
For the record, Obasanjo has not
and cannot endorse failure. His position remains as stated in his January 23rd,
2018 statement on the state of the nation. Chief Obasanjo sympathises with the
plight of those campaigners and supporters of Buhari. He doesn’t believe
dishing out fake news that can only be believed by imbeciles will turn black
into white.
Nigerians know that Chief
Obasanjo has only spoken the truth about widening poverty, alienation and
social disunity and near disintegration of the country through Buhari’s
incompetence. Obasanjo will continue to exercise his right to free speech and
no amount of hate speech will assuage Nigerians who are in need of a brand new
leadership. The mediocre performance of Buhari cannot be described by anybody
as ‘superlative’ even by morons not the least President Obasanjo.
From the Buhari/Trump meeting,
Chief Obasanjo only saw through three points:
One, the US will continue to reduce purchase of crude oil from Nigeria
and there is nothing Nigeria under Buhari can do about; two, the US will export
agricultural products to Nigeria and Buhari’s government will encourage that;
and three – all the killings taking place in Nigeria by herdsmen are being done
by expatriates trained by Gadaffi and no Nigerian is to blame and Buhari cannot
do anything to stop it.
For whatever the meeting was
worth, President Buhari again bungled another opportunity to self-redeem. No
wonder President Trump ordered him in a rather condescending manner to go back
home and stop the killings going on in Nigeria! We hope now Buhari will heed
Trump’s advice which hopefully will be considered non-abusive.
Therefore, Chief Obasanjo is more
convinced in his statement of January 23rd and will not change his
position. No lies, fake news dished out
by these desperate and unintelligent supporters is worth believing and these
misinformation cartel and social media tigers will do more damage to the flint
reputation of their principal.
Chief Obasanjo understands that
the internet has good and bad uses. Those abusing the media should desist from
this barbaric act as it will only expose them to greater ridicule at the end of
the day.
Obasanjo will continue to speak
out. He will continue to issue patriotic statements under his signature or
cause them to be issued on his behalf under the signature of his media
representative, Mr. Kehinde Adeyemi.
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ReplyDeleteEven the dead in the grave are not happy with Buhari and his government because, Buhari and his government did not allowed people to give their loved ones'a befitting burial while those alive are facing serious frustration and hopelessness therefore,come 2019 Buhari must go! go! go!.......... we don't want you, go with your change
ReplyDeleteObj is not in the best position to tell us what to do in 2019..What happened to those previous & present government he supported? What was Obj achievements when he was the president? Nigerians should be allow to decide for themselves..
ReplyDeleteBaba Obasanjo, I know you are a very powerful Man spiritually but God is the most powerful... You supported Former President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan after He refuse to dance to your tune you presented Buhari to us, do you think Four years is enough to solve all problems your past leaders as brought on we poor Nigerians, truly things are not going smoothly as we expected under this government but Sir don't teach us nonsense You are not our savior.... Go back to your multi billion otta farm and continue ruling as a King.. Leave Nigeria alone it is only God that can deliver we poor Nigeria's.... How I wish you could read all comments here...fear God Baba obj.. Six feet is the end of all on this earth
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