Former President, Olusegun
Obasanjo has endorsed the presidential ambition of his former deputy, Atiku
Abubakar.
Obasanjo who is currently in a
meeting with Atiku, the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) presidential candidate
and others in Abeokuta, Ogun state declared that Atiku will defeat the
incumbent President, Muhammadu Buhari of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in
2019.
According to him, he believes
that Atiku has ‘re-discovered and re-positioned himself’ and is now good enough
to enjoy his support in the next election.
Obasanjo said, “Let me start by
congratulating President-to-be, Atiku Abubakar, for his success at the recent
PDP Primary and I took note of his gracious remarks in his acceptance speech
that it all started here.
“Yes, when it started, it was
meant for Atiku to succeed Obasanjo. In the presence of these distinguished
leaders of goodwill today, let me say it openly that we have reviewed what went
wrong on the side of Atiku. And in all honesty, my former Vice-President has
re-discovered and re-positioned himself. As I have repeatedly said, it is not
so much what you did against me that was the issue but what you did against the
Party, the Government and the country.
“I took the stand I had taken
based on the character and attributes you exhibited in the position you found
yourself. I strongly believe that I was right. It was in the overall interest
of everyone and everything to take such a position.
“From what transpired in the last
couple of hours or so, you have shown remorse; you have asked for forgiveness
and you have indicated that you have learnt some good lessons and you will mend
fences and make amends as necessary and as desirable.
“Whenever or wherever you might
have offended me, as a Christian who asks for God’s forgiveness of my sins and
inadequacies on daily basis, I forgive and I sincerely advise you to learn from
the past and do what is right and it will be well with you. Obviously, you have
mended fences with the Party and fully reconciled with the Party. That’s why
today, you are the Presidential Candidate of the Party. In addition to
appreciating all that the Party has done for you, may I advise you to work
together with all those who contested for the Party’s flag with you as a team
for your campaign.
“There are still areas,
nationally and internationally, where you have to mend fences and make amends.
You will know how to handle what is already out and what may yet be put out by
the opposition. But, I am convinced that if you continue with the attitude that
brought you here with these distinguished leaders of goodwill, with remorse and
contrite heart, the rest of the coast within and outside the country can be
cleared. And if there is anything I can do and you want me to do in that
respect, I will do.
“I am sure with the right
attitude for change where necessary, and by putting lessons learned by you to
work, you will get the understanding, cooperation, support and mandate – all at
the national level. With Nigerians voting for you, it will mean that you secure
their forgiveness and regain their confidence. It will be with the hope or
assurance of a Paul on the road to Damascus Conversion. After all, change and
conversion are of man. I believe that with a contrite heart, change is possible
in everybody’s life and situation.
“For me, relatively and of all
the aspirants in the PDP, you have the widest and greatest exposure,
experience, outreach and possibly the best machinery and preparation for seeing
the tough and likely dirty campaign ahead through. From what I personally know
of you, you have capacity to perform better than the incumbent. You surely
understand the economy better; you have business experience, which can make
your administration business-friendly and boost the economy and provide jobs.
“You have better outreach
nationally and internationally and that can translate to better management of
foreign affairs. You are more accessible and less inflexible and more open to
all parts of the country in many ways. As Pastor Bakare, one-time running mate
of the incumbent President said, “You are a wazobia man.” And that should help
you in confronting the confrontable and shunning nepotism.
“As you know, along the road to
where you are today, many leaders and ordinary people cooperated and overtly and
covertly worked hard. On your behalf, I thank them all. May their coast
continue to be expanded. And when you become Nigerian President which,
insha-Allah, you will be, remember what we did together in government – we ran
an administration by Nigerians for all Nigerians where merit and performance
count more than blood relationship, friendship or kith and kin. Although some
time and ground have been lost, you should endeavour to start from where we
stopped and recover some lost ground, if not time.
“Please uphold truth, integrity,
principles, morality and fight corruption, crimes and insurgency. The
fundamental law of the land, our constitution must be scrupulously defended. I
make one demand and one demand on you today, I need you to say before God and man
that you will always remain irrevocably committed to upholding ALL the
provisions of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria and the whole
country will remain your single indivisible constituency.
“Constitutionalism, popular
participation and inclusiveness are pre-conditions for reversing the deficits
of the past three and half years. They will ensure abiding faith in our
indivisibility, oneness and faith in the survival of all against none.
“The fundamentals for our
development, economic growth and progress are hard and soft infrastructure.
Remember to always give adequate places in your administration to our youth and
women.
“All the authorities involved
with the preparation, all processes and conduct of the election must ensure
that the election is free, fair and credible.
“Once again, congratulations and
I wish you well. My distinguished brothers and leaders of goodwill, thank you
for making this happen. I will now count on you to encourage all hands to be on
the deck to take Nigeria to the level God has created it to be – autopilot
level.”
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