FOrmer President Olusegun Obasanjo said on
Wednesday that he chose the late former
President Umaru Yar’ Adua as his successor
because the others who wanted the post were
corrupt.
Obasanjo said one of the people who wanted to
succeed him in 2007 was “stinkingly corrupt” and
that the only way he (Obasanjo) could justify
himself before man and God was to go for
Yar’Adua, who, he said, was the only one among
the contenders then who was not corrupt.
The former President, who spoke in an interview
with a private television station, Channels
Television, in Abeokuta, did not mention the
‘corrupt’ Yar’Adua rivals.
Among the prominent presidential hopefuls in the
Peoples Democratic Party in 2007 were
Obasanjo’s deputy, Abubakar Atiku; and ex-
Governor of Rivers State, Peter Odili.
Atiku later abandoned the PDP to contest the
presidential election on the platform of the
defunct Action Congress while Odili’s ambition
fizzled out with the nomination of Yar’Adua.
The AC later metamorphosed into the Action
Congress of Nigeria, which later merged with the
Congress for Progressive Change and the All
Nigeria Peoples Party to form the now ruling All
Progressives Congress.
Obasanjo’s choice of successor died on May 5,
2010 from heart-related ailments. Many
condemned Obasanjo for choosing a man who
was manifestly sick to lead the country.
But in the Channels interview, Obasanjo said he
only acted based on the information made
available to him.
He said, “Even if you take your son as your
successor, you are not sure of what he will do
when he gets there. Don’t ever kid yourself.
“What do I know about any successor? What he
presents. When he gets there, he presents it
differently.
“We did our best, but if you say our best is not
good enough, I will say, when it comes to your
turn, do better.
“With all the people that are available for
successor, what we came up with was about the
best that we could think of at that time.
“One of those who wanted to do the job came to
me and said, ‘Sir, I like your job, but I cannot do
it the way you are doing it.’ Now, if he had told
me that, should I then come and say, ‘okay,
come, let me give you the job?’ He had told me
that, ‘I like your job, but look, the way you are
doing it, I haven’t got the stamina to do it that
way.’ Then, what do you expect me to do?
“Or the one that I know that, oh!, this one, before
he gets the job, he’s stinkingly corrupt. Now will
I be able to defend myself before God and man if
with what I know I give this job or I encourage
the man to have this job?”

Source: http://www.punchng.com/news/i-chose-yaradua-because-others-were-corrupt-obasanjo/

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now, I have finished reading. baba, must u always talk these days for u to remain relevant. what u said now, what percentage has it contributed in moving d country forward. just remain in ya farm and plant maize. this is d season. better still, go to ya national library and read. Haba! corrupt ancestor

Baba but you were the Corruptest

Hmnnn

ok, I see!!!

And u appointed goodluck jonathan... The most corrupt leader nigeri has ever had.. Who is deceivin who? Eh obj? Answer me

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