Sick Show of Shame
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Former Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo flays the presidential election saying the outcome has divided Nigerians more than ever calls on patriots to rescue the nation
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has condemned the just concluded Nigerian presidential election as a “sickening show of shame” while speaking at a book launch in Abuja, Thursday.
He called on patriots to rescue the country from the precipice. The election was a show of shame with INEC ignoring its own rules, manipulation of figures at the collation centres, to widespread violence and voter intimidation. The ruling party All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential candidate Bola Tinubu was announced the “winner.” Tinubu himself has not been seen since March 21.
“Given what we saw during the election, Nigeria is now even more divided and more corroded than we thought. This places a deep onus on any administration following the current one, to urgently facilitate the process of national moral rearmament and national reconciliation for the aggrieved and will lead us across Nigeria and to assuage the youth,” Obasanjo said.
“This must be done in sync with the imperative of national value orientation that Nigeria requires to build a collective sense of enduring and local values and national belonging.” He added.
The former general, 86, then called on patriots to rescue the country from sliding into a dystopia.
“Let me conclude by stating clearly that I am now too old to keep quiet and watch Nigeria’s seemingly clueless launch into dystopia. All efforts are now required from all committed patriots to rescue the nation from the precipice. And when I look at the audience I have a feeling that among the people who can do it and who must do it are some of you here.”
He also said that any incoming administration would have a lot of work to do in rebuilding the economy.
“Governance in Nigeria now calls for thinking outside the box in terms of development financing, this has become inevitable in the face of Nigeria’s dwindling fortune, in oil revenue, Nigeria’s huge foreign indebtedness and the urgency of diversifying Nigeria’s neocultural economy,” he said.
He labelled the outgoing Buhari administration as drunken sailors on a port call spending on frivolities while amassing huge debts.
“We cannot be spending like drunken sailors on frivolities and corruption and expect development and growth. Such a situation cannot take us into the fourth industrial revolution.”
In his 2023 New Year Day address to Nigerians he endorsed the Labour Party (LP) presidential candidate Peter Obi.
Akowe with reports from Abuja
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