Former President Olusegun
Obasanjo says President Muhammadu Buhari has shown “utter incompetence,
condones evil and corruption”.
The elder statesman issued the
fresh criticism of the president in an interview with BBC Pidgin.
Obasanjo said he believes that
Atiku Abubakar, presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP),
will perform “two times better” than Buhari.
He said anyone could steal the
whole country and go scot free as long as he belongs to the ruling All
Progressives Congress (APC).
“Atiku is not a messiah; he is
not a saint. Fortunately, he has not claimed to be. He has not claimed a fake
sanctimoniousness. He came here. He acknowledged his past misdeeds and showed
remorse,” Obasanjo said.
“I am a believer and a Christian
as such and the teaching of God in my own religion is to forgive so that you
can be forgiven. In fact, it goes further that if you do not forgive, you have
no right to expect God’s forgiveness.
“I’m a sinner and I want God to
forgive me sins. So, if anybody who has offended me comes to ask for
forgiveness, I must forgive him. That’s number one.
“Number two, the choice that we
have for the immediate in Nigerian situation today and the immediate is 2019 is
between the candidate of party APC and PDP. The other minor parties will line
behind or not sufficiently relevant.
“So, if APC puts down Buhari and
PDP puts down Atiku, and from what I know of Buhari and what you know, what he
has done and shown is utter incompetence, nepotism, condones evil and misconduct,
including corruption.
“The weakness of the body, mind
and the totality of Buhari, compared with Atiku, I believe Atiku will perform
two times better than Buhari.
“Now, you can steal the whole of
Nigeria and if you belong to APC, you are safe. Corruption is not only stealing
money; nepotism is a form of corruption.”
In his state of the nation
address on Sunday, Obasanjo accused the president of taking the country back to
the Sani Abacha era.
On Tuesday, Buhari and Obasanjo
met at the council of state meeting, where the former president said the
opening prayer.
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Enter your comment...obasanjo is only supporting Atiku so that he can benefit from his government. nothing more. birds of the same feathers flock together.
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