Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has exposed President Goodluck Jonathan again.
He says President’s “evil” actions destroying Nigerian democracy.

Speaking at a book Launch in honour of the pioneer chairman of the Independent Corrupt Practices Commission, ICPC, Mustapha Akanbi‎, in Abuja, Mr. Obasanjo, who is the Chairman of the occasion, said the president should stop encouraging ‘verbal violence which may not physically hurt but has ways of degenerating into physical violence’.

Mr. Obasanjo said the greatest indictment against any administration is to be seen trying to destroy opposition of all sort‎s which invariably mean destroying democracy.

“Management of democracy without resorting to brute force and dictatorial tendencies must be cultivated,” the former President said.

“As a leader, you must not deliberately do evil or condone evil. You should know that you will one day give account to God, you may cover up here, but before God, there is no cover up.”

The former president also spoke at lenght on the President’s handling of the Boko Haram insurgency, ‎corruption, the economy and youth unemployment.

On insecurity, Mr. Obasanjo said Boko Haram is not out to “frustrate anyone’s political efforts” and lamented that it took Mr. Jonathan the years to ‎fully understand the menace.

On corruption, Mr. Obasanjo said, “when the head is rotten, the whole body is useless”

On the economy, he said Nigeria would continue to sink deeper and that what Nigerians are told about the state of the economy “is not truly what the economy is”.

“The economy is in doldrums, if not in reverse,” he said.

Mr. Obasanjo’s latest attack on the President is coming seven days after he rated Mr. Jonathan’s performance as below average.

The former president had spoken last weekend in Abeokuta while addressing book writers as part of activities marking the Ake Arts and Book Festival.

“I rate this current administration below average,” Mr. Obasanjo said in response to a question about Mr. Jonathan’s performance.

The former president also said he deserved credit for helping an individual from a minority tribe become Nigeria’s President.
“Rather than take blame for bringing Jonathan to power, I should be taking credit,” he added.

The Nigerian presidency responded Sunday, slamming Mr. Obasanjo and describing his rating as untrue and misleading.
In a statement in Abuja, the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Public Affairs, Doyin Okupe, said Mr. Obasanjo’s rating was at variance “with the facts on the ground”.
http://www.premiumtimesng.com/news/headlines/171903-obasanjo-bombs-jonathan-again-says-presidents-evil-actions-destroying-nigerian-democracy.html

Says the man who sleeps with his daughter inlaw

Mr. Obasanjo, who is the Chairman of the occasion, said the president should stop encouraging ‘verbal violence which may not physically hurt but has ways of degenerating into physical violence’.

Where and when did Jonathan encourage verbal violence?


This man is so desperate to be seen fighting this govt.
And why is he so chicken sh1t to call Buhari to order over the Monkey dog blood thing?

EmoBoy:
Says the man who sleeps with his daughter inlaw

OBJ encouraged and supervised bribery and corruption.
https://www.nairaland.com/1564411/obasanjo-forced-me-pay-god#28390220

EmoBoy:
Says the man who sleeps with his daughter inlaw

Very true. https://www.nairaland.com/105425/gbenga-obasanjo-seeks-divorce-accuses#28390369

It will be wrong for anybody to assert that the present administration is the best that has ever happen to this nation since independent because Nigerians have never had it this tough.

The nation is bleeding with incessant killings. Corruption is at top gear with ICPC, EFCC and Co no longer seeing anything.

Obasanjo is an elder stateman who was there and can still see when and where things are going wrong. We should not be under any illusion, the democracy we celebrated some years back has declined drastically particularly under GEJ administration. Nigeria has lost its place in the committee of Nations but some of these truth about ourselves are being replaced with fallacy certainly for the extortions of the western world.

It is in our own interest to take issues the way they are perhaps to avoid a looming national disaster. PDP and Doyin Okupe should see beyond seating in Aso Rock Villa and read press statements. Nigerians are going through a very difficult moment, we are face with blink economic and social cultural future.

Something convincingly positive must be done and urgently too.

KennyElish:
It will be wrong for anybody to assert that the present administration is the best that has ever happen to this nation since independent because Nigerians have never had it this tough.

The nation is bleeding with incessant killings. Corruption is at top gear with ICPC, EFCC and Co no longer seeing anything.

Obasanjo is an elder stateman who was there and can still see when and where things are going wrong. We should not be under any illusion, the democracy we celebrated some years back has declined drastically particularly under GEJ administration. Nigeria has lost its place in the committee of Nations but some of these truth about ourselves are being replaced with fallacy certainly for the extortions of the western world.

It is in our own interest to take issues the way they are perhaps to avoid a looming national disaster. PDP and Doyin Okupe should see beyond seating in Aso Rock Villa and read press statements. Nigerians are going through a very difficult moment, we are face with blink economic and social cultural future.

Something convincingly positive must be done and urgently too.

Which Obj is an elder statesman? The one who looted this country blind? The one who was busy giving licences to private universities instead of upgrading or building universities that the children of common citizens can attend? May be you are talking according to your knowledge level. Please do read this thread and see how OBJ turned Nigeria into his personal estate: https://www.nairaland.com/1580013/derivation-deprivation-ii-ill-gotten-wealth

This man had just said his mind on the state of the nation. I don't believe he should be criticized, what he said should rather be pondered upon. We don't really need to be sentimental here. If you agree with him, fine and if you don't, you have your reason(s), say it or act on it. what we need here is our country getting better whether you come from the minority or the majority doesn't matter. We should all be patriotic enough by putting Nigeria first in anything we want to do or say.