The All Progressives Congress leaders, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, on Monday at the presidential rally of the party in Maiduguri, took turns to castigate former President Olusegun Obasanjo over his latest attack on President Muhammadu Buhari.
Obasanjo, had in a 16-page statement on Sunday, compared Buhari to the late military dictator, Gen Sani Abacha.
But at the APC rally, Tinubu described Obasanjo as an expired leader, who should not be trusted, adding that Obasanjo’s government was notorious for election rigging.
The APC National Chairman, Adams Oshiomhole, also lambasted Obasanjo, saying the ex-President was watching when the Peoples Democratic Party government was stealing funds meant for fighting Boko Haram.
The Director-General of Buhari/Osinbajo Campaign Organisation and the Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, recalled that when he was a governor in Rivers State, the Obasanjo’s government withdrew his security detail.
Obasanjo is frustrated, says Oshiomhole
Oshiomhole said Obasanjo’s attack on Buhari was borne out of frustration.
He said, “The people writing epistle now watched how money meant for security was appropriated by not only the PDP but the generals. Under their watch, over 20 local government areas of Borno State were taken over by the Boko Haram terrorists before the coming of President Buhari.
“Today, no matter what they want to say, there is no local government where Boko Haram is hoisting its flag. All the 27 local government areas of Borno have been liberated by the APC government.”
Obasanjo’s govt drove me into exile, says Amaechi
Amaechi stated, “Sometime in 2006, I was driven out of this country by a PDP-led Federal Government. I went into exile in Ghana. I was in Ghana for 10 months. I was expelled from the party, the PDP until I became a governor. And when I became a governor, I told them I did not want to belong to the PDP again. They met me and apologised and readmitted me into the PDP.”
He urged Nigerians to compare the administration of the PDP with the current government of Buhari and decide which was closer to Abacha’s government.
“I was a governor in 2013, 2014, 2015. I had no security. A PDP-led government had chased my CSO and my ADC away. My ADC ran to London, my CSO was put in an underground cell. A major who was in my convoy was also put in an underground cell. I was left without security.”
PDP attacks Buhari for insulting Obasanjo
But the PDP on Monday attacked President Buhari for allegedly hauling insults on to respected leaders and elder statesmen, including Obasanjo.
The PDP National Publicity Secretary, Kola Ologbondiyan, in a statement stated that in approving his media aide, Mallam Shehu Garba, to allegedly cast aspersions and insult on Obasanjo, Buhari was setting a very bad example to younger Nigerians.
He said, “Instead of attacking Obasanjo, President Buhari should have been sobered and retraced his steps in the interest of the corporate existence of our country which he is pushing to the precipice.”
