Ayodele Fayose, governor of Ekiti state, has described former President Olusegun Obasanjo as the number one enemy of Nigeria, because “he is a confusionist who has lost his status as a statesman”.
In a statement issued on Sunday by Lere Olayinka, his special assistant on public communications and new media, Fayose urged Nigerians to ignore Obasanjo, expressing confidence that President Goodluck Jonathan would be re-elected to complete his eight years term.
On Saturday, Obasanjo had accused the president of having “a grand plan to ensure that he wins the election by hook or crook and if he loses, he scuttles it and brings chaos and confusion in the whole country”.
Responding on the president’s behalf, Reuben Abati, his special adviser on media and publicity, accused the ex-president of plotting with others “within and outside the country” to thwart the general election and foist an unconstitutional ING “which he hopes to head”.
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“Obasanjo is only fighting President Jonathan because he prevented him (Obasanjo) from ruling Nigeria from his Ota Farm,” Fayose said on Sunday.
“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 benefited 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 schemed to head. MKO Abiola died in detention in 1997 and Obasanjo became the beneficiary of his (Abiola) death.”
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Fayose added that 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. Abanije eniyan to nba eeyan je kiri, ojo to ba dekun ibaje ni won maa ba oun naa je kanle ( He who destroys will ultimately ends up in destruction).
“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 reelected, and Nigeria will be freed from his (Obasanjo) bondage once and for all.”
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3 comments
Fayose is right on point.
The coming to power of Jonathan was designed and perfected by Obasanjo,he is happy with what is going on in the country,if you are not from the north east you may not know, people are dying,go to the south south oil theft in Nigeria today people within the corridor of power do what ever the like, militants are given billion of dollar contract to protect pipeline to the extent that the threatened war if their boss doesn’t continue,look the Ekiti shameful event and the president.
Fayose, you should ashame of yourself the whole world have had how your Election was rigged you are still hanging onto Jonathan the Messiah, instead of packing your belongings from the govt house, tell who are ignorant of the past to go back to history, it is unfortunate that the military have soil their hands into corruption, they have stolen so much that they are afraid.