Former Senate President, Ameh Ebute,
has raised the alarm over the alleged alliance between ex-President Olusegun
Obasanjo and leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP.
Ebute said the unholy union Obasanjo
and leadership of the PDP would kill the entity called Nigeria.
The elder statesman made this claim
at a press conference in Abuja on Tuesday.
Ebute, who lead the Congress for
Patriotic Citizens (CPC), therefore, called on Nigerians to rise up to
the challenge of confronting and subduing unpatriotic, corrupt and selfish past
political office holders like Chief Obasanjo in order to save Nigeria from
total collapse.
He added that "we have no
hesitation to boldly assert that it is unfortunate to understand, the
alliance to kill Nigeria is spearheaded and supervised by no less a personality
but Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, an elder statesman, former Military Head of State
and democratic President of Nigeria. He is one person who has been so
privileged to lead this country twice in his life-time. Outside
Chief Obasanjo, it is the incumbent, President Buhari.
"Other leaders of Nigeria since
independence are not this privileged or so blessed. So, if today any one of us
finds reason to complain that we are yet to nurture a nation we truly desire
and to the maturity our founding fathers dreamt, a leader who
should take the double blame is Chief Obasanjo. Why? Because leadership
fell on him at Nigeria’s most auspicious moments. But we saw nothing he did
wonderfully!
"To the best of our knowledge,
Chief Obasanjo abused every opportunity he had to set Nigeria on a speedy and
progressive path. His leadership years are ingloriously recounted by
Nigerians with disdain and contempt for his personality. On the reverse,
ordinary Nigerians recall fondly and gleefully President Buhari’s leadership of
Nigeria at every era as attested now."
He pointed out Obasanjo’s present
gang-up and conspiracy against Nigeria is completely distasteful, and that what
OBJ and co have planned is beyond imagination.
According to him, "Every word
of Obasanjo from his first open letter to the last smacks of a
shameful and dishonorable outing from an elder statesman.
"We cannot understand Obasanjo
anymore. We do not know what he implies when he accuses INEC of
“recruiting collation officers who are already awarding results based on their
projects to actualise the perpetuation agenda in which the people will not
matter and the votes will not count.” As former President of Nigeria, isn’t
this statement too fluid? Even if Chief Obasanjo hates Buhari, hatchet jobs
like this one as contained in his recent letter should be left for his
'boys.’ Even the loquacious Femi Fani Kayode or Tony Omokri cannot abuse their
already battered reputation in public in this disgraceful manner.
"Chief Obasanjo, in your
days in Nigeria’s Aso Rock, you crushed every opposition so brutally and
unlawfully even where the Constitution protected your “enemies” with immunity.
Now, you delight in assailing President Buhari on every issue, including his
refusal to sign the flawed, revised Electoral Reform Bill into law. We know, if
you were still the President of Nigeria, you would have organized
the impeachment process of the National Assembly leadership by now and
even, initiated the recall process of some of them. Buhari is a national leader
far beyond your temperament.
"Again, Obasanjo thinks by
psyching and inciting Nigerians prophetically with predictions of
elections violence, it makes little sense to Nigerians. May be, he has
forgotten his records when he controlled power in Nigeria. But we still
remember Obasanjo abused democratic decency or introduced violence into the
political firmament of Nigeria and through the same PDP. In good conscience and
as a Christian, can Obasanjo deny, he never opened the vaults of
CBN at midnights to sponsor such evil missions? Buhari will never do it!
"Therefore, talking about
President Buhari having a cabal which runs his government for him is childish.
Obasanjo, as sitting President, had an inner or kitchen cabinet, what he
now embellish as cabal. We don’t want to embarrass anybody by publishing names.
Every President in the world has this think- tank whom he consults on sensitive
national issues. Where is Buhari’s fault?
"And contrary to his
predictions on Buhari’s frailty and inability to personally traverse Nigeria to
campaign for reelection, he has done it himself displaying his vitality by
covering two states in the federation on each day he goes out on campaigns. He
didn’t abdicate his responsibility to any “Jagaban.” And Mr. President has
covered all the 36 states in the federation, including the FCT, unlike
Obasanjo’s preferred candidate, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar.
"Frankly, Obasanjo’s poisoned
mind and naivety of the operations of INEC, coupled with the unholy
alliance he has struck with PDP cannot fly.
"We urge Nigerians to
rise up to the challenge of confronting and subduing unpatriotic, corrupt
and selfish past political office holders like Chief Obasanjo in order to save
Nigeria from total collapse. We have more faith in the progress of Nigeria
under a Buhari Presidency than an Atiku. We have sighted progress and national
development under a patriotic leader and nationalist like President
Buhari. There is no way Obasanjo can publicly announce his retirement in
politics and sneak back through the back door in any unholy alliance
with dark forces to destroy Nigeria.
"Like Gen. Bulbwa Marwa (rtd)
did by rallying nearly 100 retired Military Generals in support of President
Buhari, we shall also assemble all elder statesmen across the country to come
to the rescue of Nigeria, bearing in mind that selfish individuals like
Obasanjo or any political party or group of persons don’t own
Nigeria. All Nigerian citizens must wake up to uphold the virtues of leaders
who can stand for the country like Buhari."
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