The video is about 30 minutes long and it starts out with the discussion of obasanjo's role in congo, then it moves on to sudan/darfur/icc and right around 14:17 it gets dramatic because the conversation turns to nigeria and obasanjo as usual is crude and at some point says "people like you" accusing the host steve of being biased. its a very funny video.





http://naijablog..com/2009/03/obj-on-hard-talk.html

brutal first five minutes!! If only obj could talk

this is the heighest level madness. the interviewer made a mess of our saint obj.
obj was going to fight the man.
he was so gentle until it gets to his personal issues.

Obasanjo doesnt know about president Bashir
he doesnt read

Am not an Obj person; but I must say he held his own in the interview, doubt if any previous naija president would have done better, I just am shame that with the oppurtunity he had he didnt do better, and worse still bequeathed us with Baba Go Slow. Am sure if he had choosen someone in the mould of fashola, people wont be remembering his shortcomings as lagosians and have forgotten about Tinubu, Guess thats his greatest error and I think he must be regretting it now.

Men see grilling.

That Steve is just wrong. I must say obj spoke well towards the end with the "you could be alleged as a liar" part

lol, steve murdered Obj on that set, weldone steve for humiliating him

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One should even say HURRAY to Nigeria?

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I was just quoting OBJ in the video

obj is very good and i liked how he answered the question of what he thinks about yar adua, he said, i cannot comment on that.
wow! obj will not like to visit london or has anything to do with bbc very soon especially while steve is alive.
am begining to suspect that the steve of a guy is a nigerian.
obj will definitely remember AIT while he was there. he would be thinking how he can put bbc into the shoes of ait and deal with them again.
if that interview took place in nigeria, that steve would have been on hospital bed by now.

I didn't see anything wrong with this interview. Do y'all want him to have oyibo accent?. What did he say that made a fool out of him?. You guys should quit being cynical. from the 14th minute to the 19th minute was fire tho. The guy really got under obasanjo's skin with his unsubstantiated accusations.

I think OBJ held his own in that interview.

His body language conveys confidence, and an air of personal dignity. You cant take that away from him, as Whitney Houston sang.

OBJ getting angry isn't new on hardtalk. Bill Clinton was once grilled on same HardTalk and he got dirty mad at the interviewer. He told her then pointedly,"with all I did as president, u cant make lewinsky look like my legacy. And I wont let you get away with that." He could have slapped her.

So what's the big deal about OBJ getting angry.

How many Nigerians will ever be opportune to get on such a show. No nigerian has ever been given such honour, and we talk of comparing them with OBJ
with any former leader. No one comes half as close.

you are absolutely right gettysburg

I'm not a big Obansanjo Fan but i agree with Gettysburg & co that Baba held his own against Mr Steve.
Tho i wonder what he was thinking getting on that show (maybe he thot steve would behave like the typical 9ja journalist and like his arse)


If OBJ had d refined outlook of say a Dimeji Bankole (who has previously handled Steve), The Show would've been a typical round the bush affair cos if steve speak 'fune' , Dimeji go use 'fune' reply am.

he came off as defensive and arrogant. comments like i set up peace mission in the great lakes blah blah blah come off as egoistic. He obviously needs a PR staff

You should watch Dimeji Bankole on the same blog. he's the master of speech and confidence. i wish all nigerian leaders could be as articulate.

I can not stop LMAO.
Very funny.

Steve is one lucky guy, he should thank his star.
From what I know, OBJ doesn't play that nonsense; if you cross him, you will be choked right on the national TV. It doesn't matter what time or location; there is no shame in his game. He will choke you.

But on a serious note, OBJ made one profound statement, which I think was absolutely on point.
He said: "being a good person alone doesn't make you an effective leader, you need more than that"

I'm not crazy for the man, but that statement was on point; a great way to end the interview.

You should watch Dimeji Bankole on the same blog. he's the master of speech and confidence. i wish all nigerian leaders could be as articulate.

I did not think Demeji performed well.

Watch Demeji's interview again, and you'll realize that he talked a lot, but the substance wasn't there that much. I expected more.

Trust me, he couldn't have spoken any better. He didn't enable Steve to portray Nigeria in the light intended. He was actually the one torturing the interviewer.
I would have spoken in like manner

Steve is lucky he is not a nigeria, he would have been blacklisted by every nigerian employer
in fact he is lucky he flew out of nigeria the same night

with al those that he claimed went to cout how many of them was jailed


obasanjo and demiji didnt hold their own anything jare, they just proved the typical arrogant leadership in africa

tpia:

no one is asking you to say hurray to Nigeria, but occasionally you people should try to see what's right before your eyes.

Most people acknowledge what Obasanjo did in nigeria, infact he put a lot in motion but people should also be able to condemn
whatever wrong he did or where he went wrong

remember it was under obasanjo the last election took place wasnt it?

so unfortunate our naija reporters never get the chance to interview politicians
ask proper questions not , can we meet you sir

Steve probably forgot obasanjo is a chief, imagine him calling baba obasanjo without the chief

Am not an Obj person; but I must say he held his own in the interview, doubt if any previous naija president would have done better, I just am shame that with the oppurtunity he had he didnt do better, and worse still bequeathed us with Baba Go Slow. Am sure if he had choosen someone in the mould of fashola, people wont be remembering his shortcomings as lagosians and have forgotten about Tinubu, Guess thats his greatest error and I think he must be regretting it now.

OBJ biggest failure on both occassion of his 'leadership' of Nigeria or lack of it, is grooming/or at least making sure a good successor takes over. The Example of TINUBU  to FASHOLA is a very good example. At least if father is no good, then the son should  be better.  The TINUBU to FASHOLA should be a study and model for other states and even the Federal government. Inteeligent, educated and informed proper leader by example.

Running a state or a country is not show business and there is no need for 7 NO POINT AGENDA AND VISIONLESS 2020. And Now we have REPACKAGING, REBRANDING AND SLOGAN. What planet do those fool lives in with all the poverty, hunger and lack of basic infrastructures.  YOU CANNOT PUT A NEW WINE IN AN OLD WINE SKIN UNTIL YOU CELANSE IT.

'IF YOU PUT A LIPSTICK ON A PIG, IT'S STILL A PIG' -  Barack Obama

Mr. Yar 'Adull and Yar A'failure should take a week or two retreat on his own and formulate his own vision and at least deliver on 1 AGENDA, from there 100 POINT AGENDA will take care of itself. It is no shame telling Nigerians that you are  incapable to deal with the issues at this level.

@topic,

Did anyone notice Obasanjo refer t Nigeria as a failed State?  He said that while trying responding to the issue of corruotion and if it was prevalent in his admnistration.  I guss that must have been a slip of the tongue!

@BigB1,

"being a good person alone doesn't make you an effective leader, you need more than that"

Was OBJ convinced that YarAdua had all it takes to be an effective leader before he forced him down our throiats? What a stupid hypocritical statment that was!

GOOD PEOPLE GREAT NATION.

where are obj friends during the interview, nta, ait , channels , muri tv and those so CALLED niger journalist who ask only paid questions.

Animal in human skin,animal wear agbada.

Woe betide obasanjo and his cohorts.

@TayoD

Guy you have sharp ears.I watched the clip again. Obasanjo called nigeria a FAILED STATE in 17.05 mins.It was more like freuidan slip.

Nigeria was already a failed state even when he took over from Murtala mohammed. He did what he could then to correct the anomaly but the Northern oligarchs jumped in and screwed Nigeria the more yet they looked for him to come and clean after their mess. Obasanjo is Nigeria's Obama as far as am concerned.