Ekiti State Governor, Ayodele Fayose has described former President Olusegun Obasanjo as a confusionist who is always benefiting from the misfortune of others.
In a statement issued on Sunday by his Special Assistant on Public Communications and New Media, Lere Olayinka, Fayose said “Obasanjo is only fighting President Jonathan because he prevented him (Obasanjo) from ruling Nigeria from his Ota Farm.
“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 benefitted 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 was scheming to head.
“MKO Abiola died in detention in 1997 and Obasanjo became the beneficiary of his (Abiola) death. 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.
“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 re-elected, and Nigeria will be freed from his (Obasanjo) bondage once and for all.”
Meanwhile the youth wing of Igbo socio-cultural organisation, the Ohanaeze Ndigbo has reportedly warned Obasanjo against unsavoury comments on President Goodluck Jonathan.
National President of OYC, Okechukwu Isiguzoro described Obasanjo is a disappointment to democracy and he should not plunge Nigeria into a civil war.
Isiguzoro added that Obasanjo should know that he has expired politically and Nigerian youths cannot allow him and other spent forces that belong to the past to ruin the nation’s future.