Former President, Olusegun
Obasanjo, has finally expressed his support for the presidential candidate of
the All Progressives Congress, Maj. Gen. Muhammadu Buhari (rtd.).
Obasanjo, who is a chieftain
of the People’s Democratic Party, declared his support for Buhari during an
interview with the Financial Times at the launch of his controversial
autobiography titled, ‘My Watch’, in Nairobi, Kenya.
He said: “The circumstances he
(Buhari) will be working under if he wins the elections are different from the
one he worked under before, where he was both the executive and the legislature
– he knows that. He is smart enough. He is educated enough. He’s experienced
enough. Why shouldn’t I support him?”
Obasanjo said he believes in
Buhari’s capability to effectively tackle corruption and insecurity, adding
that he would restore the morale of the military which, he said, was needed in
the fight against terrorism.
He also accused President
Goodluck Jonathan of betraying the armed forces by allowing corruption to
scuttle their operations. He said: “It is a question of leadership – political
and military. I think you need to ask Jonathan how he let the army go to this
extent. Many things went wrong: recruitment went wrong; training went wrong;
morale went down; motivation was not there; corruption was deeply ingrained;
and welfare was bad.”
Obasanjo also reacted to the
postponement of the general elections by the Independent National Electoral
Commission for security reasons and a better distribution of Permanent Voter
Cards.
“Well, I don’t want to comment
on that postponement yet because I was not in Nigeria. I was actually in Munich
over the last weekend. But when I get home I will be fully educated about what
transpired and how it transpired. In fact it was because I had a previous
appointment, that is why I could not attend the meeting of national council of
state, which took place I think on Thursday. So it will not be right of me to
be talking about a thing I could get on the ground, for instance the statement
made by chairman of INEC.”
“I sincerely hope that the
President is not going for broke and saying ‘look dammit, it’s either I have it
or nobody has it’. I hope that we will not have a coup. I hope we can avoid
it,” he said.
Source: YNaija.com
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