Former Governor and Chairman of the Steering Committee of the Coalition
of United Political Parties, CUPP, Prince Olagunsoye Oyinlola, has
finally revealed why Ex-President, Olusegun Obasanjo pulled his support
for President Muhammadu Buhari in the early days of his administration.
Oyinlola,
a close friend and ally of Obasanjo, revealed that President Muhammadu
Buhari’s approach to governance issues and his plot to ‘northernise’ the
government were contributing factors to OBJ’s withdrawal.
He told Sun;
“Obasanjo
stuck out his neck for him to my knowledge. I was part of every
movement, every support, within and without in the belief that we are
having somebody better than Jonathan. But what we have found out now is
just that the man has been under exposed and we have been able to carry
out a wrong assessment of who he truly is. But he has been in government
now and we have been able to see the level of his capacity.
At
the point where at the initial stage, it was found out that he was
trying to northernise the government. And if you see the appointments,
you will agree with me that there is not a bit; a clear demonstration of
nepotism in his appointment. But he could not say anything because he
was at the forefront in the campaign to install Buhari. And when it
became difficult for somebody to reach out to the president to chip in
one or two words of advice to assist him in governing well, then, what
is one waiting for there? It is just a shame that in this country, we
seem to gloss over serious issue. The wife said the man is not in
charge, that there are only two or three people running the government.
She said it that millions of people voted for this man, but only two or
three; what else does anybody want to say? This is the wife, that is,
his better half.”
Source:- Politicsngr
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