Obj Hits Buhari Again, Says ‘I Can Never Endorse Failure, U.S Trip A Waste’

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has hit out at the supporters of President Muhammadu Buhari for fabricating stories and spreading fake news that he has made a u-turn and had thrown his weight behind the re-election of the latter.

He also denied meeting labour leaders on Workers Day in Abuja, describing it as the handiwork of blackmailers, while taking a swipe at Buhari’s outing in the U.S, describing it as mediocre.

In a statement on Wednesday and mailed to THE WHISTLER, Obasanjo said the Buhari camp was desperate and telling libelous lies rather than address the issues of statecraft.

“It has come to the attention of Chief Olusegun Obasanjo that some elements in the Muhammadu Buhari camp and or support group are desperate to secure a second term, fair or foul. In this desperation, everything is fair, including telling libelous lies against persons and institutions, instead of addressing the fundamental issues of statecraft and economic management,” the statement read.

In the statement signed by Mr. Kehinde Adeyemi, the former president said the effort was aimed at “hoodwinking the unsuspecting Nigerians to believe that Obasanjo has now supported Buhari for his second term because of some perceived Buhari’s ‘superlative’ performance in his encounter with Trump during his visit to the White House in Washington D. C.”

He stressed that “Obasanjo has not and cannot endorse failure. His position remains as stated in his January 23rd, 2018 statement on the state of the nation. Chief Obasanjo sympathises with the plight of those campaigners and supporters of Buhari. He doesn’t believe dishing out fake news that can only be believed by imbeciles will turn black into white.

“Nigerians know that Chief Obasanjo has only spoken the truth about widening poverty, alienation and social disunity and near disintegration of the country through Buhari’s incompetence. Obasanjo will continue to exercise his right to free speech and no amount of hate speech will assuage Nigerians who are in need of a brand new leadership. The mediocre performance of Buhari cannot be described by anybody as ‘superlative’ even by morons not the least President Obasanjo.”

He expressed the regret that Buhari’s meeting with Trump was a waste of time and taxpayers’ money as nothing tangible came out of the meeting for Nigeria.

“From the Buhari/Trump meeting, Chief Obasanjo only saw through three points: One, the US will continue to reduce purchase of crude oil from Nigeria and there is nothing Nigeria under Buhari can do about; two, the US will export agricultural products to Nigeria and Buhari’s government will encourage that; and three – all the killings taking place in Nigeria by herdsmen are being done by expatriates trained by Gadaffi and no Nigerian is to blame and Buhari cannot do anything to stop it.

“For whatever the meeting was worth, President Buhari again bungled another opportunity to self-redeem. No wonder President Trump ordered him in a rather condescending manner to go back home and stop the killings going on in Nigeria! We hope now Buhari will heed Trump’s advice which hopefully will be considered non-abusive.”

Obasanjo reiterated that he will not change his position. “No lies, fake news dished out by these desperate and unintelligent supporters is worth believing and these misinformation cartel and social media tigers will do more damage to the flint reputation of their principal.”