Abeokuta- With just four days to the nation’s
Presidential election, former President
Olusegun Obasanjo on Tuesday
expressed concern over speculations
of likely handing over of power to the
military by President Goodluck Jonathan. The former President said this in his
Abeokuta home, when wife of the
Presidential candidate of the All
Progressives Congress (APC), Hajia
Aisha Bubari, and the Southwest
women leaders and spouses APC governors visited him. Obasanjo noted that aside the fact that
military rule is no longer fashionable
as it is unconstitutional, the Intentional
community, he added, would also not
condone it, particularly African Union
(AU) where it has been agreed that any government brought about not
on the basis of the constitution should
not stand. According to him, a military coup
anywhere on African soil would
neither be accepted nor tolerated by
the AU member countries until such
government is “dismantled.” He warned that the whole world is
watching Nigeria in respect of the
forthcoming general elections, saying
as the largest country in Africa, Nigeria
should be a model to others and also
set good examples for the continent. The former President urged Nigeria
not to draw the rest of African
countries backward, lamenting the
campaign of hate and division being
engaged by those seeking elective
offices. He also charged women to take active
part in the redemptive mission for
Nigeria, adding; “I am happy to hear
directly from you, Mrs. Buhari that the
campaign so far has gone very well.
May be I should say one or two things about the campaign- I do hope that
this week’s elections, and the one
coming in a couple of weeks after that,
should provide the right lessons to
learn from. “Unfortunately, issues that should
have been the main item of our
campaign were not discussed. We
have serious issues of security,
economy, unemployment, youth
unemployment infrastructure etc. These are issues among others that I
believe campaign of those who are
interested in the present and the
future of this country should be
directed at. “How are we going to get them, what
are we going to do, not trivial issues of
certificate, no certificate, not trivial
issues of when somebody is talking
about someone and whether one is a
Nigerian and not. “This is what they had in Cote d’Ivore
that led them into almost a very
serious problem, not issue of religion,
tribe, not issue of section but issues of
unity of this country and the hate
campaign that we have embarked upon now, I hope this will be the last
time in the history of this country that
we will have this type of campaign of
hatred or division. “I think the emphasis should be on
what unite us, not what divide us and
when I look at the faces of you ladies
here, it is very difficult for me to know.
I think we should emphasise on
things that unite us, we should talk more on what will make this country
not a just country but a great country. “And that is the challenge before
Nigerians today and particularly
before those who are aspiring either
at the state level or at the national
level, how can this country be made
great country, God has given us all we need. “And I want to thank you because
you women you have a role to play,
and I mean that, when things are
going wrong, if women don’t act,
things will continue to go wrong
because you have ability to act, the men who invariably make things to go
wrong are your fathers, your
husbands, your sons, you sons-in-
laws. “With your husbands, you can have
pillow talk but when things are going
wrong and you do not talk or act, you
will also be the greatest victim at the
end of the day because it will have
effect on your children and would have a direct effect on you and all of
us. “I do hope we will get things right. A
lot of rumours are flying around, I
think we have gone away from the
rumour of Interim Government
because that is not in our constitution,
I hope we will soon go away from the rumour of handing over to the military
because the military is not meant to
run affairs of a nation in terms of
running government. “And the Intentional community will
not condone it, particularly African
Union where we have a situation, we
have said and it is part and parcel of
the constituting act of the African
Union, any government that is brought about not on the basis of the
constitution will not be accepted and
tolerated and will not be a member of
the AU until that government is
dismantled. “We have the goodwill of many
people, I watched, last night, President
Obama talking about our constitution,
I watched out brother from Ghana the
current Chairman of ECOWAS talked
about our constitution, they are all interested, they all wish us well,
should we wish ourselves anything
less?” Earlier, Mrs. Buhari lauded the former
President for being a true nationalist,
adding that Obasanjo often traversed
party lines and primordial sentiments
while addressing issues affecting the
country. She said, “Baba exercises his prowess
as a father, as a former head of state of
Nigeria twice, very few Nigerias have
the opportunity to rule the country
twice, we are here today to show our
appreciation the way you handle things as a statesman and a
nationalist.”
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We must change the current structure of Nigeria. Anybody who is enjoying this scam and shadow called one Nigeria should bear his father name. Any force that will do that is ok. We must restructure this country in fairness and equate to all the people of Nigeria. A new Nigeria is long overdue.

Who is the old baboon fooling the elections would hold. Most likely buhari would be disqualified tomorrow or he his beaten at the polls in whateva way. nigeria moves on. The old baboon getting irrelevant by the day.

I hear

he no wan go kirikiri

We are aware of their moves baba, hence why we have reserved the right to unleash the Gbagbo treatment on Jonathan and his minions as a last resort sir.