Former Chief of General Staff in the administration of former Head of State, late Gen. Sanni Abacha, Lt.-Gen. Oladipo Diya, has said that Nigerians must exercise patience with President Muhammadu Buhari and stop public criticisms against the administration.
Diya said this while speaking at the inauguration of General Oladipo Diya Public Speaking Competition for Schools in Ogun State, held at Odogbolu town hall,Odogbolu, Ogun State.
He said “It has not even spent a year in office. Everybody should be patient. This government is new, not even up to a year yet. So, let us be patient and anything we have to say, let us say it quietly.”
On why he isn’t politically active, he said “It is either you are quiet or you are not partisan in politics. But, there is no human being that is completely out of politics. All you do is that, you remain in the background,you sit and watch and that’s all.
“Now, I prefer to remain in back seat and watch events from the side-lines. When we meet the leaders of our nation, it is not that, we just sit down and eat, we deliberate on topical issues.
“It that way. Like our president says, I am for everybody and I am for nobody.”