The former Peoples
Democratic Party, PDP, presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar has felicitated
with ex-President Olusegun Obasanjo on his 83rd birthday.
Atiku described
Obasanjo, his former boss as the “preeminent political colossus in Nigeria.”
In a statement he
personally signed, the former Vice President said Nigeria and Africa owed
Obasanjo a huge debt that can’t be repaid.
The former Vice
President recalled that Obasanjo brought about GSM operation in Nigeria.
Atiku noted that
Obasanjo’s love and commitment to Nigeria had stopped him from retiring after
leaving office.
He insisted that
Obasanjo’s decision to bequeath democracy to Nigerians was commendable.
Atiku wrote: “Dear
Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, As you turn 83 today (March 4), my family and I
felicitate with you and thank God for your life. No individual living or dead,
has bestrode the Nigerian political space as positively and purposefully, as
you have done, for good and better, in peacetime and war, in times of
austerity, and times of prosperity.
“It is not an
exaggeration to describe you as the preeminent political colossus in Nigeria, a
nation that owes so much to you. Indeed, many Nigerians would read about your
birthday on their GSM devices, which are one of your legacies to the Nigerian
people.
“Your love for
Nigeria and commitment to her unity, good governance and stability has
prevented you from retiring, a sacrifice that my family and I deeply
appreciate.
“Nigeria owes you a
debt that we cannot pay, because you led us to pay the foreign debts that we
could not imagine paying. By that singular action, you planted trees for
generations yet unborn.
“You hold the
enviable and esteemed record of being the first African military ruler to have
voluntarily, and without internal and external pressure, restored power to the
government democratically elected by the Nigerian people. It was Not Your Will
to be in office, but it was your will to bequeath democracy to Nigeria. And
after 21 years of the Fourth Republic, Nigeria has cause to celebrate your democratic
credentials.”
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