Ekiti
State Governor, Mr. Ayodele Fayose, has described former president, Chief
Olusegun Obasanjo, as the number one enemy of Nigeria, saying he has lost his
status as a statesman and Nigerians should ignore him.
The
governor, who expressed confidence that President Goodluck Jonathan would be
re-elected to complete his eight years term, added: “Obasanjo is only fighting
President Jonathan because he prevented him (Obasanjo) from ruling Nigeria
from his Ota farm.”
In
a statement issued yesterday by his Special Assistant on Public Communications
and New Media, Lere Olayinka, Governor Fayose said: “Obasanjo is a cancer 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.
“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,
the 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 schemed 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 marched 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.
Fayose
accused Obasanjo of attacking Jonathan because he could not control the
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,” he said.
Obasanjo is Nigeria’s No 1 enemy –Fayose
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