Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has
again lampooned President Muhammadu
Buhari, saying the President has shown
absolute incompetence, just as he
condones evil and corruption under his
government. He said this yesterday in an
interview with BBC Pidgin English
programme, insisting that Peoples
Democratic Party (PDP)’s Presidential
candidate, Atiku Abubakar, will perform
twice better than Buhari if elected
president.
The former President is aggrieved that
under Buhari, anyone could steal the
country dry and go scot-free, as long as he
belongs to the All Progressives Congress
(APC).
His words: “Atiku is not a messiah; he is
not a saint. Fortunately, he has not claimed
to be one. He has not claimed fake
sanctimoniousness. He came here,
acknowledged his past misdeeds and
showed remorse. “I am a believer and a
Christian and the teaching of God is to
forgive so that we 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 my
sins. So, if anybody who has offended me
comes to ask for forgiveness, I must
forgive him. Again, our choice for the
immediate Nigerian situation is between
the candidates of APC and PDP. “So, if
APC brings Buhari and PDP brings Atiku,
and from what I know of Buhari and what
you know, what he has done so far shows
utter incompetence, nepotism, condoning
evil and corruption.â€
However, National Leader of APC, Bola
Ahmed Tinubu has carpeted Obasanjo for
criticising Buhari.
In a letter yesterday titled: Chief Obasanjo–
At war Against His Own Deeds,’ he said
Obasanjo lacks the moral compass to
criticise the Buhari administration.
“The worst of Obasanjo’s record, I have yet
to describe. When it comes to elections, he
has been a rigger without peer. There is no
election, which occurred under Obasanjo’s
watch or in which he participated that did
not involve cheating on his part.
“Even the late President Umaru Musa
Yar‘Adua admitted that he was beneficiary
of a flawed election engineered by
Obasanjo.
“For Obasanjo to lament over electoral
malpractice is tantamount to the ocean
complaining that a few raindrops are
causing it to get wet,†he stated.
Speaking at the Southeast PDP rally in
Owerri, Imo State yesterday, Atiku pledged
to prioritise restructuring of the country if
elected president, insisting it was a
possible means of bringing back the much-
talked about national unity, peace and even
development.
He asserted that Nigeria and Nigerians
could not afford to subject themselves to
another four years of suffering and poverty
occasioned by APC’s misrule.
Meanwhile, the National Inter-Faith and
Religious Organisations for Peace has
declared a 30-day prayer and fasting for
the former President, saying his problems
transcend the ordinary, hence, the call for
prayers.
The group said the call became necessary
following his recent outbursts on the state
of the nation.
President of the group, Bishop Musa
Garuba, said at a media briefing in Abuja
yesterday, that a normal human being
would not make the kind of comments
being credited to Obasanjo.
Source:
www.nationalhelm.co/2019/01/i-
am-a-sinner-i-want-god-to-forgive-me-
obasanjo-speaks-on-atiku-and-buhari.html
