Temidayo Akinsuyi, Lagos

Senator Adeseye Ogunlewe, a former Minister of Works has said that former President Olusegun Obasanjo’s mistake of a successor in 2007 is largely responsible for the woes bedeviling Nigeria today.

Obsasanjo who was president from 1999 to 2007 was succeeded by Umaru Musa Yar’Adua. Following the death of Yar’Adua in May 2010, his deputy, Goodluck Jonathan was sworn in as President.

Speaking in an interview with DAILY INDEPENDENT on whether President Muhammadu Buhari should be interested in who succeeds him in 2023, Ogunlewe said rather than made up his mind on who will take over from him, Obasanjo was experimenting and was not focused on the issue of a successor.

He said “Successor is as important as yourself. We have seen and witnessed all over the world where people make mistake about who is going to succeed them. It landed some of them in jail. So, you must be persuaded that the person succeeding you will continue with your programmes and will like you as a person. The issue of succession is always a big problem”.

“It happened to Obasanjo. That mistake Obasanjo made is the brunt we are bearing in Nigeria today. Obasanjo couldn’t make up his mind about who will succeed him. If he had made up his mind then, we will not be where we are today. He was experimenting instead of being focused. I’m sure in his inner mind today, he doesn’t like himself on the issue of that successor”.

“How can anyone write about the history of Nigeria today without writing about Obasanjo’s successor that brought us to where we are today. It was a succession mistake. If you make a mistake as a leader on who succeeds you, believe it or not, you will regret it for life because people are not predictable”.

“Also, politics is not mathematics. You can’t say if I put this person there as my successor, my future is guaranteed. No, it doesn’t work that way. A new king will rule in Egypt who does not know Joseph”.

“For every successor, there will be new friends, new caucuses and new ideas will be suggested to derail whatever he meets on ground. Everybody wants to occupy the space which was occupied by some people in the past”.

 https://independent.ng/obasanjo-regretting-mistake-he-made-about-successor-in-2007-ogunlewe/

The mistake Obasanjo made is the brunt we are bearing in Nigeria today.

Foolish man ... The mistake is also responsible for Buhari's glaring incompetence and leadership failure abi ... Alakori

So, you must be persuaded that the person succeeding you will continue with your programmes and will like you as a person.

politics is not mathematics. You can’t say if I put this person there as my successor, my future is guaranteed. No, it doesn’t work that way.
This man is talking too much recently. These two statement of his are contractive to each other.
The Obasanjo I know is not regretting his decision, ask him about it today and he will tell you he did what was right as at that time.
Is just like telling me that I am regretting that I gave my money to a trusted man to keep for me 10 years ago rather than given the money to a well known thief then, all because the good man suddenly turned criminal last year and has refused to return my money while the then criminal is now a good man.

So Buhari should make up his mind for Tinubu abi?

Obasanjos successor yaradua is the best president we have had in this dispensation.

An honest and detribalized Nigeria.
Absolute Respect for the rule of law.
Institutional and electoral reforms.
Peace and justice for the Niger delta.

If yaradua was healthy and finished his tenure, we won't be where we are today

These people just talk as if they're talking babies. So obasanjo successor is why a big rice is over 30k now. All of you are just doing yourself

Pa Chemist dey talk nowadays .Well,make he dey await Pa Obj letter soon

Obasanjo's selfish intention of wanting to compensate Yar'adua's family for the death of his bosom friend late Musa Yar'adua led to imposition of late Umaru Yar'adua as President of Nigeria. He had healthier and more capable candidates around to support but he allowed selfishness to becloud his sense of patriotism and rationality.

Hmmm

Sai Baba
Sai Tinubu



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Hmmm

Who is this Ogunlewe that has turned to parrot because of small incentive from bullion?

Ours is a politics of power and money deceit. The only concern about successor for us is someone who will not probe one's corruption.

Smh

Story !!!!!

You guys keep looking for excuses for the present disaster.

Was it Obasanjo's successor that installed Buhari ? Yar adua was better than Jonathan and thousands of miles ahead of Buhari.

In your dreams ba
Me I dey Kampe

OBJ is coming for him

You said it all

nzeobi:
Obasanjos successor yaradua is the best president we have had in this dispensation.

An honest and detribalized Nigeria.
Absolute Respect for the rule of law.
Institutional and electoral reforms.
Peace and justice for the Niger delta.

If yaradua was healthy and finished his tenure, we won't be where we are today

Pa Ogunlewe don take ikorodu snuff abi those pipu don give am meth .Yah Adua remain one of the best president but Ill health ruined thing

Because he gave us a terminally ill president. May we not have another terminally ill president in 2023

Which regret!!! Maybe u don't know Obasanjo. There is no regret in his timetable. Nigeria politicians are greedy and self centered. They only care about themselves and nothing more.

The truth is no matter who OBJ gave Nigerians would have ended up electing Buhari one way or the other because of the the false myth they heard about him and if we didn't elect Buhari for 100 years Nigerians be like " only if they elected Buhari one naira will be equal to one dollar now "

Do what is he trying to say? Yar'adua was the best president Nigerian has ever had.

Old age don dey affect this man brain. That is why we don't need another old morose to become president of our dear country.

#BOLA TINUBU WILL NEVER BECOME PRESIDENT OF NIGERIA!

This one is just talking like a parrot for days now even on what he doesn’t understand.

R