A group of concerned Ogun indigenes has berated the Governor of Ogun State, Dapo Abiodun, for allegedly underrating former President Olusegun Obasanjo during his visit to President Muhammadu Buhari.

The indigenes, under the aegis of Ogun Concerned Progressives, said Abiodun goofed for not acknowledging Obasanjo as one of the great indigenes of Ogun State who had played important roles in the development of Nigeria; saying posterity and history would not forgive the governor.

Abiodun had on Tuesday, July 30, led a delegation of 62 Ogun indigenes on a ‘thank-you’ visit to President Muhammadu Buhari in Abuja for conferring the highest honour of the Grand Commander of the Federal Republic (GCFR) on the presumed winner of the annulled June 12, 1993 presidential election, late Chief MKO Abiola, who is a son of Ogun State.

In his speech at the gathering with President Buhari, Abiodun listed out Ogun State’s past and living heroes and heroines, who he said played critical roles before, during and after the nation’s independence.

He mentioned the likes of Chief Obafemi Awolowo, Rev’d Ransome Kuti, Mrs. Funmilayo Ransome Kuti, Professor Wole Soyinka, Professor Olikoye Kuti, Dr. Beeko Kuti and Sen. Olabiyi Durojaiye.

Others listed in his speech included: Chief Segun Osoba, Chief Earnest Sonekan, Chief Olabisi Onabanjo, Pa. Anthony Asiwaju and Chief Biyi Afonja.

However, the Concerned Ogun Progressives, in a statement signed by Olusegun Showunmi, expressed dissatisfaction that Obasanjo’s name was missing on the list of Ogun heroes, describing Abiodun as a hypocrite and an unserious child who seems not to remember his father’s name.

“It baffles us to note that a governor, who is still standing on one leg, could, even before finding his feet, allow his handlers to make him seem like an unserious child that cannot even remember the name of his father. Or how else can one explain the omission of the name of our father, former President Olusegun Obasanjo, from the list of Ogun State indigenes, who have made and have continued to make invaluable contributions and sacrifice for the Nigerian nation, by a man who says he is fit to lead a state as great as Ogun?” he stated.

Showunmi, who described the visit as a jamboree to waste Ogun state resources, recalled how Obasanjo was jailed and almost killed by the then Head of State, late Major Gen. Sanni Abacha, for standing against the annulment of the June 12, 1993 election.

He also noted that Obasanjo played major roles in fighting for the nation during the civil war; adding that Gov. Abiodun attempted to rewrite or falsify Nigeria’s contemporary history because of ‘pointless politics’.

“One cannot forget in a hurry that Obasanjo himself went to jail and even escaped death by a hair’s breadth in the hands of the goons of the late head of state, General Sani Abacha, over his attempt to find a way for the nation out of the logjam that resulted from the annulment of the June 12, 1993 presidential election. He still bears the scars of the inhuman treatment he was subjected to while in prison.

“How then would anyone, who is not acting in bad taste to massage the egos of some benefactors, choose to side step the most eminent son of Africa, living? This, definitely, is the Governor’s first needless major goof,” the statement read.

Showunmi submitted that the “unwarranted omission of Obasanjo’ s name was deliberate in order to “discount or discountenance Obasanjo’s contributions” to the nation.

“As citizens of Ogun State, we reiterate that for anyone, especially in the mould of the governor to choose, on such an occasion, to discount or discountenance Obasanjo’s invaluable contributions to nation-building is, to say the least, to do a great disservice to the country itself, the current and future generations.”


He added that “Those who decided to be sycophantic in the presence of President Buhari at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, over an issue they should have been dispassionate and unbiased about, should have known that the President, who has always acknowledged Obasanjo as his boss, would be discerning enough to see, through their antics, that they are confirmed hypocrites that will do the same to him when the table turns. We are sure that posterity and history would not forgive them for this travesty of justice.”

The statement maintained that “Obasanjo is a statesman and an eminent international figure, whose image would remain larger than life in the arena of global politics, regardless of whatever negative picture of his anyone tries to paint locally, now and forever.”

“His prominent place in the history of the Nigerian nation, the struggle for freedom and peace in Africa cannot be denied or extirpated by anyone, no matter how hard they try. He remains a living legend.”

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All na politics jare. How do they expect Abiodun to sing OBJ praises in the presence of Mallam Ruga?

The fear of BuhaRuga is the the beginning of wisdom

Kingosytex:
All na politics jare. How do they expect Abiodun to sing OBJ praises in the presence of Mallam Ruga?

Take 5

Na politics leave these people

Yorubas are well know for respect for their leaders.

Make this one no scatter things

Politics!
Politics

Politics

Lovelive:


Take 5

I change it to 10

Osinbajo is greater that Obasanjo any day any time

Abiodun is still suppose to honour him.

Nevertheless, Obasanjo has useless himself, as an elder state man, he should have refrained from active politics, but he's disgracing himself all around, to the extent of loosing his ward to opposition, even his daughter lost her constituency.

Anyway, it is the ipob yoot, I blame for this, Obasanjo started loosing relevancy, the day they started supporting him.

Atiku
Saraki
Ambode
Adeleke
Jimi Agbaje
Fayose
Abdulfatai.

One thing that's common with the above people is thst they are supported by ipobians and they loose woefully. Woe unto anyone, the ipobians support, and this is my comfort for 2023 because I know we won't be cursed with having their support.

But this is bad and reeks of sycophancy , I wonder if the Governor of Katsina State will do the same thing to Buhari or Yar'adua

A state governor led 62 grown men to Aso Rock to say "thank you" for an award conferred on a dead man... Issokay.

Make I no talk pass this one....

Those complainants are not making sense. So he must mention every body's name. Did he mention Osinbajo's name? Does Obasanjo respect Awolowo? They should take the back seat jor

Hahaha, obasanjo is begging for recognition.

Like him or hate him Obj is far better than Buhari

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Hypocrisy taken too far! He just wants to be in Buhari's good books by all means. The same buhari that stood aloof during the June 12 1993 struggle. He never supported the struggle then.

Biritiko:
Osinbajo is greater that Obasanjo any day any time

you're a clown for comparing a 'mere commissioner' as purported by sàràkí, a docile houseboy at the Aso villa, with the longest serving president in the history of Nigeria both in the military and civilian; your parents just wasted money sending you to school.

na so them be... give them chop today, them remember u... always speak with both side of their mouth



tambawal will never insult buhari in any form come what may

A northern Governor will never do that, at the present of Yoruba President. Abiodun's " Pres Obasanjo has been influential before you were born, dishonored him will not take anything away from him." Gat that into yaa skull.

Segun Showumi that cannot win Just National Assembly election said Dapo Abiodun who win throughout the state is standing with one leg, Ode
although Obasanjo is great but Abiola is greater, he died like a hero