– Governor Fayose has come down hard on Obasanjo for mocking the PDP
– He said Obasanjo had no moral standing to be giving advise as he was a corrupt man
– He said the former president liked to run his mouth
Governor Ayodele Fayose of Ekiti state has described former President Olusegun Obasanjo as the father of ‘do or die politics’, saying he lacked the moral ground to advise leaders against practicing same thing.
This was in reaction to Obasanjo’s charge to leaders to shun do-or-die politics.
Fayose said Obasanjo trampled on Nigeria’s constitution severally because of his third term agenda
Speaking in a recent interview with Saturday Sun, the governor who is also the chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party’s (PDP) Governors’ Forum claimed that Obasanjo was corrupt and he looted the nation’s treasury when he was in power.
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He said: “Unfortunately, Obasanjo does not appreciate the need for him to keep quiet. He does not have moral grounds to be saying all these things and that is why I come out every time to tell him that he does not represent what he claims to be.
“I want to recall in 2003 and 2006, Obasanjo who removed me from office in Ekiti at all cost for reasons best known to him is the same Obasanjo who removed so many governors from office. It is the same Obasanjo who trampled on Nigeria’s constitution severally, because of his third term agenda.
“Why should the same man now come out and say leaders should not engage in do- or -die politics? Where is the moral standing of Obasanjo? You know, sometimes when people interview him and he does his grandstanding, I laugh when I watch him on the television.”
Fayose said Obasanjo had failed Nigeria because he had the opportunity to right the wrongs but failed to do so for selfish reasons which is why there is no one that would recognize him as a leader in the south west despite holding federal office severally as the president.
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He said Obasanjo is a man who likes to run his mouth and those paying attention to his advise are doing so in vain as he did not possess the stature, character and voice.
According to him, the former president had no moral standing to talk about corruption and he ought to be behind bars.
“Look at somebody talking about corruption, when Obasanjo just returned from the prison, they should go and bring his picture and his asset, what was his worth when he was in prison and what happened after eight years when he looted the treasury.
“All those assets he now has in Obasanjo library and university and all that, are they products of his salary? So when they talk in this country we want to be able to listen and evaluate what they are talking about.
“Obasanjo should be behind the bars. The money that he used to bribe members of the National Assembly during his botched third term agenda, where did the money come from? Was it from his holier than thou presidency, or what?
“The Yar’Adua we are talking about today who brought him? OBJ. Jonathan himself who brought him? OBJ. So, he is just running his mouth. We would continue to have problems if we listen to Obasanjo,” he added.
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Fayose wondered how someone who served as president for eight years out of the PDP’s 16 years in the country is now saying the party is not good.
He challenged the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to investigate Obasanjo’s assets before he became a civilian president and after he ruled for eight years.
Fayose said to stop do-or-die politics, there must be an orientation that gives opportunity to the younger generation to determine their future.
At an event organized by the Centre for Black and African Arts and Civilization of the Federal Ministry of Information and Culture at the Olusegun Obasanjo Presidential Library (OOP), Abeokuta to mark his 80th birthday, Obasanjo had prayed for Nigeria’s fortune not to ‘sink’ like his former political party, PDP.
Watch Obasanjo speak on President Muhammadu Buhari’s governance so far.
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