Former president, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, at the weekend in Ile Ife, backed the anti- corruption war of President Muhammadu Buhari. He consequently urged Nigerians to support Mr. President in his bid to recover funds looted from public treasury. Many close allies of Chief Obasanjo in his former party, the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, are currently facing trial over their roles in the diversion of funds meant for arms purchase.

Obasanjo, spoke on the campus of Obafemi Awolowo University, OAU, Ile Ife, while featuring on the programme tagged: ‘‘7th Roundtable with Chief Olusegun Obasanjo’’ with the theme: ‘‘Reflections of an elder statesman: An evening with OBJ’’, organised by the Staff Club of the university.
He commended President Buhari for the fight against corruption and rallied Nigerians to get behind him in the anti-graft crusade to achieve desired results. Speaking further at the event held at the club’’s garden, OAU’’s campus under the chairmanship of the former Vice Chancellor of University of Uyo, Akwa Ibom State, Prof. Fola Lasisi, that also had in attendance the Vice Chancellor of OAU, Prof. Bamitale Omole, among others, Obasanjo, who answered questions from staff and students, declared that whoever that promised to bring back missing Chibok girls almost two years after their abduction, was not sincere.
According to him, the search for the abducted over 200 female students of Government Secondary School, Chibok, Borno State, would be in vain, saying ““nobody can bring back the girls for they are nowhere to be found””.
He said the nonchalant attitude of former president, Dr. Goodluck Jonathan, when the girls were abducted constituted impediment to their return now almost two years after. ““Seventy two hours after the Chibok girls were abducted was too late for their rescue, much less getting to two years by April. So if any leader is promising to bring back Chibok girls now, he is lying, ””
Obasanjo said. He further explained that the majority of the girls would have died, while those alive would have been married off, stressing that sexual violence and human trafficking would have affected others. Responding to a question by a student, who sought to know the fate of awaiting graduates of Political Science in the mainstream politics, Obasanjo advised them never to rely on godfathers, but to work hard to gain grounds in politics.
The former president declared that he did not have any godfather and revealed that politicians get ““their hands dirty and their feet wet”” before major opportunities come their ways in politics. ““You have to get your hands dirty and your feet wet in politics before you can make it. So, I admonish you (students) to work hard in order to gain ground and not rely on godfathers because I never had any,”” Obasanjo averred.

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