Nigerians React To Obasanjo’s Rebuke On Buhari

Moments after Former President Olusegun Obasanjo fired shots at President Muhammadu Buhari, Nigerians took to social media to air their views on the 13-page letter.

In the letter, Mr. Obasanjo called on President Buhari not to seek re-election in 2019 as he was not only incompetent but had failed to deliver on campaign promises.

According to the ex-president, the incumbent, who he reportedly supported in 2015, did not possess the needed quality to meet the expectations of Nigerians.

The letter sparked numerous reactions on Twitter, with many agreeing with Obasanjo.

Here are some reactions on Twitter:

President Muhammadu Buhari after reading Obasanjo’s letter ?? pic.twitter.com/wWI9BZ0I5r

— Based on Logistics (@Iam_Abdulaxis) January 23, 2018

See how Obasanjo just used Buhari as small chops to celebrate his PhD.

— Deric Kincaid ? (@iDeric) January 23, 2018

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— Ebube D Statesman (@akaebube) January 23, 2018

You dont need Obasanjo to tell you that Buhari is a Fraud.
Common sense is enough to tell you that.
There is nothing worse than having Buhari as a president.
A country that needs to move any forward cant even have Buhari as a candidate to start with….

— KinG NomSo? (@ani_nomso) January 23, 2018

Obasanjo who supported you in 2015 has asked you not to run on account of your GLARING incompetence. Your wife who campaigned with you in 2015 is not willing to support you. Baba, go home please.

— Nedu Ekeke #BBOG (@Nedunaija) January 23, 2018

Baba Obasanjo is funny sha; he used his hand to install Yaradua, GEJ & supported Buhari. He went against all three men during their first tenure. Though he is 100% right about Buhari’s ineptitude, it seems the only Nigerian President good enough for Obasanjo is Olusegun Obasanjo.

— Mr Stanley Nwabia (@MrStanleyNwabia) January 23, 2018

Obasanjo is both overestimated and underestimated by many people in Nigeria.

In Power, he is a very terrible foe to confront; out of Power, he gauges the mood of the Nation and aligns himself with it to sway more people – both a political thermometer and a political thermostat.

— Demola Olarewaju (@DemolaRewaju) January 23, 2018

I trust my Igbo brothers.

“Obasanjo’s Letter to Buhari” will be sold in Lagos traffic as early as tomorrow morning.

— Onye Nkuzi (@cchukudebelu) January 23, 2018

Just finished reading Baba Obasanjo’s letter. The summary is simple:

Buhari has failed and should go and rest but PDP that is now controlled by Wike is not an option.

He says a 3rd option is the only way out and Nigerians must arise to take charge of the country.

— Adeyanju Deji ?? (@adeyanjudeji) January 23, 2018

Obasanjo is the architect of the chaos we are in now, and even though you wish to praise him as a model, allow those with retentive memory to remind us of how he rigged elections, bribed lawmakers to let him stay in power and, when those failed, he imposed Yar’adua and GEJ on us.

— Gimba Kakanda (@gimbakakanda) January 23, 2018

Argh! This is a telling point for 2019. Obasanjo has never lost a game in which he attacks the president before the election. For the spectators (like most of you), you can say this is the beginning of the game. 2019 has now FULLY kicked off! https://t.co/7r8kjXaEKl

— JJ. Omojuwa (@Omojuwa) January 23, 2018

The die is cast. Your assignment now is to find out the dog Obasanjo is backing in this fight. 50 marks. What immediate moves will Buhari make? What will Bola Tinubu do? What does this mean for Atiku, Kwakwanso, PDP et al. What is the role of the NIM in this? 50 marks.

— JJ. Omojuwa (@Omojuwa) January 23, 2018

Obasanjo thinks Buhari has underperformed. Aisha Buhari thinks Buhari has not done well. Babachir David Lawal is still free. Those who brought Maina Lawan back into the civil service still have their jobs. Repeated killings across the Middle Belt and no action. Did Obasanjo lie?

— Dr. Dipo Awojide (@OgbeniDipo) January 23, 2018

Obasanjo should have said APC is a Failure. APC Senator from Niger State commissioned an electric pole as a constituency project. pic.twitter.com/wJ40cBqGxY

— Mallam Maliki?? (@iam_2gunz) January 23, 2018

Obasanjo (the accuser) and Buhari (the accused) are both expired people that Nigerians are desirous of getting rid of. They both don’t know when they were born and have outlived their usefulness in the political life of Nigeria.

— Peter Ayodele Fayose (@GovAyoFayose) January 23, 2018

Chief Obasanjo used all the knowledge he acquired during his PhD to blast @MBuhari in that statement. pic.twitter.com/FQJidAf8rg

— Igala_Alan_Shore (@i_am_Anomeli) January 23, 2018

We don’t want to hear that killer Fulani herdsmen attacked President Obasanjo’s house or that EFCC arrested one of his children. President @MBuhari and @elrufai celebrated Obasanjo when he wrote against Jonathan. What is sauce for the goose, should also be sauce for the gander.

— Reno Omokri (@renoomokri) January 23, 2018

We must put an end to Obasanjo’s overbearing influence on the polity,the country doesn’t belong to him,he doesn’t get to dictate who gets what and when,he’s a part of our political and developmental problems and he must be treated as such.

— Tomide (@MrTomide) January 23, 2018

No serving General in the Nigerian Army today joined the military earlier than 1982. By then, Obasanjo had already finished his military career. I respect him a lot, he is a true statesman.

— Ibrahim B. Babangida (@General_Ibbro) January 23, 2018

Everyone is reminding us how Evil Obasanjo is, you guys may be right…

One challenge I will throw out to everyone is to please point to something in that letter that is a lie, please just one…

— Y.O. (@yojora) January 23, 2018

I have an idea. If the Obasanjo statement got you mad at Obasanjo, just edit wherever you see “Buhari” with “Jonathan” and read again. See if you’d feel the same way. Lol.

— JJ. Omojuwa (@Omojuwa) January 24, 2018

Olusegun Okikiola Obasanjo made valid points against @MBuhari and I hope @AsoRock does not dismiss those points, but Obasanjo failed to list one important failure of Buhari as @NGRPresident and that is that rogues such as Obasanjo are still walking free with their massive loot.

— Kayode Ogundamisi (@ogundamisi) January 23, 2018

Ladies and gentlemen,
Your President is aware of the arrest of the BBOG.
He doesn’t think this is a wrong move. And yes, Obasanjo advised him not to run in 2019 but you and I know he’s a stubborn fly.
Get your PVC so we can teach him a lesson in 2019.
Pass it on!

— Paul Mogbolu (@Iammisterpaul) January 23, 2018

I hope those who celebrated Obasanjo’ famous letter to Jonathan in 2014 will also celebrate this one to Buhari. we can’t afford to have selective amnesia now.

— daddy Vladimir (@femiTRIP) January 23, 2018

I feel like gloating at all those who called one names for saying ALL the things that Obasanjo just said in his epistle, but no point.

People died in Benue, Buhari didn’t react for days.

OBJ wrote letter, IMMEDIATELY, Tinubu and Akande were summoned.

Priorities…

— Chxta (@Chxta) January 23, 2018

Dear @MBuhari, your wife & daughter have said they are not willing to support you

Dele Momodu has said you are a failure and you should not contest

Obasanjo who supported you in 2015 has now asked you not to run because of your obvious incompetence

Pls go back to Daura in 2019

— Oke Umurhohwo (@stalyf) January 23, 2018

Obasanjo is a:
-retired GENERAL
-former HEAD of STATE & a PRESIDENT
-He introduced the GSM you & I enjoy today. Without him, internet will not be available cheap

OBJ said Buhari is incompetent, your overlord said he doesn’t know anything.

Please who are you & your overlords?

— Kemi Ariyo (@d_problemsolver) January 23, 2018

In other news, Obasanjo’s PhD has clearly sharpened his clarity and brevity. His letter to Jonathan was 18 pages. This one was 13.

I read both. This one made better use of the English language.

— Chxta (@Chxta) January 23, 2018

“The lice of poor performance, poverty, insecurity, poor economic management, nepotism, gross dereliction of duty, condonation of misdeed – if not outright encouragement of it, lack of national cohesion and widening inequality – are very much with us today.” – Obasanjo to Buhari

— Dr. Dipo Awojide (@OgbeniDipo) January 23, 2018

”“But there are 3 other areas where Pres Buhari has come out more glaringly than most of us thought we knew about him. One is nepotic deployment bordering on clannishness and inability to bring discipline to bear on errant members of his nepotic court.” – Dr. Olusegun Obasanjo

— Nedu Ekeke #BBOG (@Nedunaija) January 23, 2018

In the time it took Buhari NOT to find and present his WAEC certificate, Obasanjo was able to get a PhD, proving that you either find a way or you find an excuse. Obasanjo found a way at 80. Buhari found an excuse at 75. Can you imagine that at 75 he is still fighting over WAEC!

— Reno Omokri (@renoomokri) January 23, 2018

The only thing president Obasanjo did not do in that letter is to apologise to Nigerians. – Reuben Abati #PoliticsToday

— ChannelsTV Politics (@CTVpolitics) January 23, 2018

Even Obasanjo doesn’t want Buhari in for a second term… pic.twitter.com/HpBLHC8jhu

— Femi Coker (@femifactor) January 23, 2018

So Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has been waiting to conclude his PhD so that he can use PhD English to finish President Buhari???????? pic.twitter.com/x1tvBNQOLO

— Bhadmus Hakeem (@Bhadoosky) January 23, 2018

Obasanjo’s PhD is not a waste. Surely the man has the capacity to think.

— Dr. Dipo Awojide (@OgbeniDipo) January 23, 2018

God has given President Muhammadu Buhari popularity that money cannot buy. He should for the sake of his integrity and the love people have for him, look at Obasanjo’s letter and address major issues raised therein.

— Babajide Otitoju (@BabajideOtitoju) January 23, 2018

EFCC will soon discover $500bn looted funds in Obasanjo’s account.

— Oluyemi Fasipe ?? (@YemieFASH) January 23, 2018

Looool ?
Someone said Obasanjo was testing his Ph.d when he released those statement ??

— Wunderkid (@WunderKid_) January 23, 2018

Obasanjo
Ango Abdullahi
Aisha Buhari
Wole Soyinka
Tunde Bakare
Ghali Na’aba

And still counting…..#BuhariMustGo club is swelling.

I join them with The Oracle @AbdulMahmud01 to say#TimeUpBuhari You have failed. pic.twitter.com/DTTf6yDvK9

— Sir.Ariyo-Dare Atoye (@AriyoAristotle) January 23, 2018

The Presidential Media Team will be digging themselves in if they respond to Obasanjo’s letter but I won’t be surprised if they respond. They live in an alternate universe, so they won’t have the sensibility to ignore.

— Demola (@OmoGbajaBiamila) January 23, 2018

After reading Obasanjo’s letter to Buhari. ??? pic.twitter.com/pMCIo4fkbw

— Adetutu Balogun (@Tutsy22) January 23, 2018

I remember GEJ and GEJites attacking Obasanjo after his letters in the run up to 2015 and Buhari benefited. Looking to see how Buhari and Buharists will react now that they are on the end of a letter too. My guess? Behave like GEJites did. We never learn from history in Nigeria.

— Babanla (@biolakazeem) January 23, 2018

Obasanjo sure knows when to abandon a ship when it’s sinking.

— Wale Adetona (@iSlimfit) January 23, 2018