Olusegun Obasanjo, former president, has claimed that all he did with his time as power was prepare Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidate, Atiku Abubakar for the role of the biggest office in Nigeria at the upcoming 2019 election.
This much he revealed on sa programme titled, “The Talk,” which was aired on a YouTube Channel, “Voice of the People.”
He went on to openly endorsed the presidential candidacy of Atiku Abibakar and revealed that he had hoped that the former vice-president would’ve succeeded him as President in 2007 and went on to explain how he prepared and shaped him to become president.
“Atiku didn’t want to become even a Vice President (in 1999). He was elected as a governor,” he recalled. “My plan was that he would be given a lot of work to do domestically and Atiku even used to complain that I gave him too much work to do, which was intentional because I wanted him to get to know things.
“My second term was that having prepared him for domestic issues, I would want him to represent Nigeria for one year at the African Union, Economic Community of West African States and the United Nations for a year so that he would be fully prepared, but the first thing I found out was that his judgement was not right on many occasions.”
The former President, insists that Muhammadu Buhari led government has failed and stated that he won’t ever shy away from speaking up when things were going wrong.
He said there was the need for Nigerians, especially the youth, to elect leaders that could fit into a “digital 21st century post-modern era rather than electing analogue personalities.”
Also, Obasanjo claimed not to know Asiwaju Bola Tinubu current position at the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC). The former President had been asked to identify the designations of certain political figures in the country.
He went on to identify Muhammadu Buhari and Prof. Yemi Osinbajo as the President and Vice President respectively, while he also identified Senator Bukola Saraki as the Senate President. And when asked to identify Tinubu, he said, “Oh, Bola? Bola is supposed to be the leader of the APC. I don’t know the position of his leadership as you and I are talking.”
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