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Tinubu Bombs Obasanjo In Open Letter - "You’re An Election Rigger Without Peer"
Tinubu accused Obasanjo of being responsible for the flaws in Nigeria’s political economy since 1999, and described former president Olusegun Obasanjo as an “election rigger without peer.”
Tinubu accused Obasanjo of being responsible for the flaws in Nigeria’s political economy since 1999, and described former president Olusegun Obasanjo as an “election rigger without peer.”
Tinubu said the former president is shameless and has a wicked sense of humour in a letter titled ‘Chief Obasanjo – At war against his own deeds’. Former President Obasanjo is many things to many people, but he is all things unto himself.
His recent contribution to our political discourse wherein he alleges plots to steer the coming elections shows he benefits from an exceedingly faulty memory, is purely shameless or has a most wicked sense of humour. Perhaps all three are facets of his makeup.
Obasanjo should not get his dander up & waste good ink for nothing. This election will be free & open exercise of the people’s right to choose their leaders. Obasanjo makes fiery allegations against this right but offers no corroborating evidence; he presents only reams of words.
This is because Obasanjo is projecting onto APC the misconduct he would wrought if still in power. Yet, the ways of Obasanjo are not those of the APC. And this difference has meant the better for Nigeria. Moreover, Obasanjo should be the last to complain about election rigging.
We all know he was not elected in 1999. He was handed Nigeria on a silver platter; perhaps because Nigeria was so easily given that he went about treating the nation as if it was a less than precious thing; he thought it was a cheap give-away not a privilege to govern this nation
He should have positioned himself to be father of the nation. All d goodwill that could be granted a political figure was bestowed on him. The global economy was such that it fueled our growth. Everyone wanted Nigeria to succeed after emerging from years of noxious military rule.
Despite the flawed exercise that rendered him president, we all bit our tongues in hope that he would say and do the right things that would move Nigeria forward. Instead of being a unifying figure as Commander-in-chief, he lowered himself to being a divisive, vindictive conniver
There was no table which he neared that he did not upset and overturn. There was no one who came into his company for any period of time with whom he did not fall out if he expresses a thought contrary to one of his.
Given the vast margin between the good he could have achieved and the nebulous feats that comprise his true record, Chief Obasanjo is the person most responsible for the flaws in the Nigerian political economy since 1999.
His ego is as expansive as the firmament but his good deeds would fit into a modest sachet with ample room to spare. 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 Yar ‘Adua admitted he was the beneficiary of a flawed election engineered by none other than today’s vociferous complainant.
For Obasanjo to lament over electoral malpractice is tantamount to the ocean complaining that a few raindrops are causing it to get wet.
