Laolu Akande, a former spokesman to ex-Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, on Friday disclosed that ex-President Olusegun Obasanjo militarized Nigerian politics.
Akande recalled that Obasanjo described the 2003 and 2007 elections as a battle.
He made the comment in response to Obasanjo’s declare that he by no means needed a 3rd time period, opposite to experiences.
Talking on Channels Tv’s Inside Sources, Akande challenged Obasanjo to cease making an attempt to rewrite historical past as a result of he made makes an attempt in the direction of a third-term presidency.
He stated: “Now, having stated that, it’s vital that we are saying that President Obasanjo can be that singular Nigerian president who militarized Nigeria’s politics.
“As an example, it was he in the course of the 2003 and 2007 elections that known as the elections a battle. And it was beneath his watch in 2007 that we had an election that produced a president who himself stated that now we have to deliver electoral reforms.
“So, we should perceive the technique of President Obasanjo. He is aware of that he has the bully pulpit and he makes use of his bully pulpit to lift a loud voice, realizing that the individuals who will counter him don’t have an equally loud voice. That’s the reason we should proceed to argue that individuals like Obasanjo ought to cease their try and revise Nigeria’s historical past. We all know what occurred, as an illustration, in the course of the third-term bid in 2005.”
“Now, President Obasanjo has stated that he truly didn’t need to do third time period. That’s not the worst half. The worst half is that he stated that if he needed to have a 3rd time period, he may have gotten it.”
Akande reminded Obasanjo that there are witnesses concerning strikes to turn into a third-term president.
He stated former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, former Senator Adolphus Wabara, and former Senator Adeyeye all testified to Obasanjo’s transfer for a 3rd time period.
Akande added: “A lot for his democratic pretensions. Now, the reality of the matter is that there are witnesses who’ve instructed the nation and the nation itself witnessed what occurred in the course of the third time period.
“So, President Obasanjo, you can not inform us immediately that what occurred didn’t occur. Your Vice President, Atiku Abubakar, has instructed us how a lot you had been invested within the third-term bid. Folks like Senator Adolphus Wabara have additionally made it clear that he was provided a N250 million bribe to help the third-term bid.
“Additionally, Professor Shola Adeyeye, a fearless federal legislator, has additionally recounted efforts to bribe individuals from his personal state. And he stated some individuals truly took the bribe, I take into consideration 50 million.
“So, there are sufficient witnesses which have proven us, and this nation witnessed all that occurred with the third-term bid. May or not it’s Dr. Usman Bugaje has responded to the previous president to say that certainly he needed a 3rd time period.
“What now we have to do as a individuals is to proceed to push again when he makes use of his loud microphone to try to rewrite our historical past.
“So, allow us to inform Baba Olusegun Obasanjo, we all know that you simply needed a 3rd time period, we all know that you simply stood for it, and we all know that Nigerian individuals stated no.”
