Obasanjo Not Qualified To Recommend President For Nigerians –Tinubu

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(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The All Progressives Congress (APC) Presidential candidate, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, says that former President, Olusegun Obasanjo, was the least qualified person to recommend or endorse any politician for the presidency in Nigeria.

Tinubu made this assertion while speaking at the APC Presidential campaign rally held at the University of Benin Sports Complex, Ugbowo Campus, Benin on Thursday, January 5, 2023.

The former governor of Lagos State accused the former President of failing to develop the country when he was in charge saying that Obasanjo devoted more time to fighting his then Vice President, Abubakar Atiku, than engaging in any other venture.

Tinubu also disclosed that Obasanjo and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) government failed to deliver electricity for Nigerians after spending $16billion on power generation.

He said: “I brought Enron to solve the electricity problem and help Lagos economy but Obasanjo and PDP frustrated it. They punished me and Lagos people and even began deducting our money. I created Local Governments in Lagos to accelerate development and create employment for our people but Obasanjo seized our allocation and punished us for that. That was wickedness and such a man said he endorsed a man for you to vote as President. Can you follow such a man? Can Obasanjo recommend a leader for anyone in Nigeria? A man who does not know the way, cannot show the way.”

Tinubu also stated that Atiku is unfit to be president as he had previously indicted himself on his record as a civil servant.

He continued: “Atiku and Obasanjo accused themselves of using Nigeria’s money to buy cars for their comfort. Atiku was a custom officer who said he made money selling cars, that is smuggling. He didn’t even know that a civil servant cannot do any other business apart from agriculture. That is enough to disqualify him and he is not fit to be President.”