‘Unstable, Irritable’ Obasanjo Belongs In The Dustbin – Rtd General Akinrinade

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“The Nigerian media appear to have forgotten they are indeed the
fourth estate of the realm. They are gatekeepers. They owe Nigeria the
responsibility of keeping this irritable man where he belongs — the
waste bin of history. Like his daughter, Iyabo, reminded him in her
letter, Nigeria does not belong to him. He should allow Nigerians choose
who they want and stop goading the citizenry for his own selfish
interests.”

Lieutenant General Alani Akinrinade
(retd), a former Chief of Army Staff, hass urged Nigerians to ignore the
comments of former President Olusegun Obasanjo, as he is an “irritable
leader” who belongs in the “dustbin of history”.

He also urged
the media to focus on their job as “the fourth estate of the realm” and
endeavour to keep people in their place, and not give them unnecessary
publicity.

He stated this in an advertorial published in The Punch newspaper on Thursday.

[quote]His
words: “The Nigerian media appear to have forgotten they are indeed the
fourth estate of the realm. They are gatekeepers. They owe Nigeria the
responsibility of keeping this irritable man where he belongs — the
waste bin of history.

“Like his daughter, Iyabo, reminded him in
her letter, Nigeria does not belong to him. He should allow Nigerians
choose who they want and stop goading the citizenry for his own selfish
interests.

“Olusegun Obasanjo asking Nigerians to vote for Atiku
Abubakar is an insult to our collective intelligence. With the benefit
of hindsight, can anyone truly say Obasanjo’s sense of judgment in
choosing leaders can be trusted?

“Take a good look at history.
Through the clandestine manoeuvres in 1979, he foisted on Nigeria a
reluctant Shehu Shagari at the expense of the cerebral Obafemi Awolowo
or Nnamdi Azikiwe. After his second coming, he so manipulated the
electoral system that he fraudulently installed an unhealthy Umaru
Yar’Adua as President alongside another reluctant character in the
person of Goodluck Jonathan as the deputy.

“He denied every
interested member of his party while employing all sorts of machination
including threat and blackmail. Then came 2015; he told Nigerians
Muhammadu Buhari is the best man for the job. As he has done to every
Presidential candidate he installed or supported, a few years down the
line, he says Buhari is unfit for the job again.”

Akinrinade
berated Obasanjo for endorsing Atiku after taking a contrary position in
the past, stating that “The Bible says something about such people- a
double-minded man is unstable in his ways, James 1:8. Obasanjo is not a
man whose judgement can be trusted.”

Source:- Saharareporters

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