The Ekiti State Governor,
Ayodele Fayose, has described
former President Olusegun
Obasanjo as the number one
enemy of Nigeria, saying: “he is
a confusionist who has lost his
status as a statesman and
Nigerians should simply ignore
him.”
The governor, who expressed
confidence that President
Goodluck Jonathan will be re-
elected for a second term, added
that: “Obasanjo is only fighting
President Jonathan because he
prevented him (Obasanjo) from
ruling Nigeria from his Ota
Farm.”
In a statement issued on Sunday
by his Special Assistant on
Public Communications and New
Media, Lere Olayinka, Governor
Fayose said, “Obasanjo is a
cancer in the Peoples
Democratic Party (PDP) and
Nigeria that may never get
cured in a lifetime.
“The moment Obasanjo is not
the one controlling a house, he
will want the house pulled
down but this time around, he
has failed.”
The governor said; “Obasanjo
has always benefitted from the
misfortune of others and he is
living with the impression that
he is the wisest person in the
whole world.
“When Murtala Mohammed was
murdered in 1976, Obasanjo was
the beneficiary.
“In 1993, he said the acclaimed
winner of the June 12, 1993
presidential election, late Chief
MKO Abiola was not the
Messiah Nigeria needed. Instead
of Obasanjo to join the clamour
for the actualisation of Abiola’s
mandate, Obasanjo was
canvassing for an Interim National
Government, which he was scheming to head.
“MKO Abiola died in detention in 1997 and
Obasanjo became the beneficiary of his
(Abiola) death.
“Despite the fact that it was the blood of MKO
Abiola that Obasanjo matched on to power,
not even a street was named after Abiola
throughout Obasanjo’s eight years as
president.
“Today, Obasanjo is fighting President
Jonathan, the man who has done what he
failed to do for Abiola, the Yoruba people and
Nigerians as a whole when he was president
for eight years, simply because he does not
want anyone to equal his record as Nigeria’s
longest serving president.
“President Jonathan has made it impossible for
Obasanjo to run his presidency for him and
for this reason, he is supporting Buhari,
hoping that he will be the one to nominate
ministers for Buhari if he becomes president.
“However, I have this bad news for Obasanjo.
Nigeria is not his football that he can kick
around as he likes. President Jonathan will be
re-elected, and Nigeria will be freed from his
(Obasanjo) bondage once and for all.”
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