Former President Olusegun
Obasanjo has endorsed ex-Vice-President Atiku Abubakar for the 2019
presidential election, describing him as better than incumbent President
Muhammadu Buhari.
Abubakar, who served as
Obasanjo’s deputy between 1999 and 2007, is the presidential candidate of the
Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).
Accompanied by top members of the
opposition party, Abubakar visited Obasanjo in Abeokuta on Thursday.
While receiving his guests,
Obasanjo publicly admitted that he has been having a running battle with the
PDP candidate but said he had forgiven him.
He expressed delight over the
tribute Abubakar paid to him at the presidential primary of the PDP.
“I am happy to welcome the
distinguished leaders of goodwill who have led the PDP Presidential candidate
and my former Vice-President, Atiku Abubakar, to my humble abode and I welcome
the Presidential Candidate himself,” he 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.
“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.
“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.”
Obasanjo advised Abubakar to team
up with those who lost out in the race to secure the presidential ticket of the
PDP.
“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,”
he said.
“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.”
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so OBJ knows the truth yet he also made the same mistake by indorsing PMB ,well as humans we all make mistake ,this is is a very good lesson to PMB who take glory for himself when he came to power , glory belongs to GOD and he never shear it with any mortal , PMB kitchen cabinet are not telling the president the truth only, the president wife is the only person that has been telling the president the truth, the president as a military general should know all this from experience ,that those closer to him are his first enemies ,they only pretend to love him ,
ReplyDeleteBaba,which of your statements are we to follow?You innitially said Buhari is good,now you are saying it is Atiku.Well,Nigerians use your personal assessment to decide and not to follow anybody's ascertion.
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