BEVERLY HILLS, February 06, (THEWILL) – Former President Olusegun Obasanjo, in a visit to Ile-Ife on Friday, prostrated before Adeyeye Ogunwusi, the Ooni of Ife, and slammed Former President Goodluck Jonathan over Chibok girls.
At the palace, Obasanjo commended the 41-year-old Ooni for his efforts towards uniting the Yoruba race, declaring support for the move.
“I commend the role of Ooni in ensuring peace in Yorubaland. Continue what you are doing, especially your unity course. I am happy with the moves so far,” he said.
“It is only a sign of honour for the Ooni to visit anyone. That does not deny Ile-Ife of its position in the history of Yorubaland,” he said referring to a recent leadership tussle between the Ooni and some monarchs in the state.
Later, Obasanjo, at an event organized by the Staff Club of the Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, themed, ‘An Evening with Obasanjo,’ raised doubts on the possible return of the abducted Chibok girls.
He slammed former President Goodluck Jonathan for trivializing the distress call to rescue the girls on the day they were captured adding that anyone saying the girls would return was simply telling lies.
“The former president heard about the kidnap 8am in the morning of the abduction but failed to act until 72 hours later and by then it was too late,” Mr. Obasanjo stated.
According to him, the failure of the Peoples Democratic Party in the last presidential election was a blessing to Nigeria.
“We tried, but with Jonathan, it was best that PDP should fail to save Nigeria,”
“Power is still the same way I left it in 2007, railway is same way and other sectors, it was best that PDP stopped ruling us,” he said.
“It was a thing of joy to me that the earlier declaration of 50 years governance for PDP did not come to pass.”
Obasanjo, also took out time to address issues with Professor Wole Soyinka whom he said is “a patriotic Nigerian, he is a great man but his opinion regarding politics, he always misses it, I have nothing against him.”
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