2015 Elections: Obasanjo Uncovers
Plot To Hand Over To Military
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FORMER President Olusegun Obasanjo yesterday
warned against any military intervention in the affairs
of the country for whatever reason.
Reacting to rumour that this Saturday’s presidential
election might result in confusion and consequently
lead to military take over, Obasanjo said such an
action would undermine the integrity of Nigeria
among the comity of nations.
He spoke when the South-West women of the All
Progressives
Congress (APC) led by the wife of the party’s
presidential candidate, Gen. Muhammadu Buhari,
Hajia Aisha Buhari, paid him a courtesy visit at his
Abeokuta Hilltop residence.
Obasanjo, who said he was happy that Nigeria had
gone beyond the rumour of Interim National
Government (ING) and that he hoped the country
would also “survive the rumour of handing over to
the military”, said the intentional community,
especially the African Union (AU), would not
accommodate or recognise any government that
emerges outside the constitution of the country.
According to him, Nigeria has all it takes to dictate
the pace for other countries in Africa, adding that
Nigerians should blame themselves for where “it is
today.”
He said: “I do hope we will get things more right. A
lot of rumours are flying around, I think we have
gone away from the rumour of interim government
because that is not in our Constitution. I hope we will
soon go away from the rumour of handing over to the
military because the military is not meant to run
affairs of a nation in terms of running government.”
Obasanjo, who also bemoaned hatred campaigns
among the political parties, said they should focus
more on what unite the country against what divide
the country.
According to him, for anyone who is interested in the
future of this country, issues of insecurity, economy,
employment, among others, should form the focus of
the campaigns of political parties.