Jesus as a man was imperfect, and so is Atiku —Obasanjo
Published January 30, 2019
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Former President Olusegun Obasanjo on Wednesday said he did not expect perfection from ex - Vice President Atiku Abubakar , saying that even Jesus Christ , as a man , was not perfect .
He said he could vouch for Atiku, the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party , to re -position the country.
Obasanjo made the statement in Lagos while speaking at the 2019 Island Club Quarterly Business Lecture.
The News Agency of Nigeria reports that Atiku had earlier delivered a lecture themed : “My vision to get Nigeria Working again . ”
Obasanjo , in his remark , said he believed that Atiku had the experience , the capacity and passion to move the country forward , urging Nigerians to no longer find his support for the former vice president strange, considering what he said or wrote about him in the past.
He reiterated that he stood firmly by whatever he said in the past about Atiku and President Muhammadu Buhari . He, however, said the PDP candidate had demonstrated what was expected of a committed and sincere leader by owing up to his past mistakes and showing remorse .
Obasanjo added that Atiku had not only apologised to his political party and the nation , but he had also apologised to him for the past disagreements he had with him (Obasanjo ) when he served as his deputy.
He said that Atiku was not infallible , just like every other human being ; and that he (Obasanjo ) would be playing God by not forgiving the former vice president.
“ I have been called names because of my position on Atiku Abubakar , the Waziri Adamawa . Everything I have said as far as I have knowledge of Atiku, I have not retracted and I stand firmly by them because they are , to the best of my knowledge , true.
“ And neither has what I have said and written about Buhari been controverted. If anything , they have been confirmed and proved beyond any shadow of doubt. But Atiku has done things which are absolutely imperative for a leader to be followed and believed .
“ First , know who you are and present yourself as you are — a human being in blood and flesh and susceptible to human mistakes and human frailties . Don ’ t cover up with sanctimonious veneer of bogus integrity , incorruptibility , uprightness , goodness and false figures and statistics, all of which are contrived to deceive , to cheat, to plunder and to destroy .
“ Atiku never claimed to be a saint and I never described him as such . I will never so describe any human being alive , let alone calling him a Messiah . On an occasion in the past when I said that someone was not a Messiah , some Nigerians, out of bad belle were up in arms.
“ For me , as a Christian , the only Messiah I know and have is Jesus Christ and even then , the man aspect of Him was imperfect, while the divine aspect of Him was perfectly messianic .
“ Secondly, a leader must be honest to himself and to the people he serves or wants to serve . He must identify and acknowledge his situation, mistakes , shortcomings and inadequacy; show remorse where and when he has erred, seek forgiveness and repent ; and not passing the buck or keep blaming others and fail to accept responsibility .
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“ Atiku accepts responsibility for his mistakes , shows remorse and seeks forgiveness from his political party and subsequently , from Nigerians. He asked for forgiveness from me and, as a believer , a Christian , I forgave him in accordance with the teaching and instruction of my Saviour .
“ For , if you forgive men when they sin against you , your heavenly father will also forgive you . But if you do not forgive men their sins , your father will not forgive your sins (Matt 6 :14- 15 NIV ) .
“ If anybody blames me for forgiving Atiku, I leave such a person with God almighty, especially as both Christian and Islamic clerics joined Atiku to visit me to seek forgiveness. Anybody who does not forgive when forgiveness is sought with contrite heart cannot be a true believer and should not expect the forgiveness of God , ” Obasanjo said .
He said past disagreements notwithstanding, Atiku demonstrated great leadership qualities when he was in office as vice president , asserting his belief in the “ experience and courage of Abubakar , ” insisting that the Turaki Adamawa remains the best candidate to move the country forward .
“ I must reiterate that Atiku is not a saint. Who is? But from what I know of Atiku, he will be a performer in all respects . I can say that again from my personal experience. He knows the problems and he handled some of them in the past.
“ We now know that both Buhari and Atiku have issues , and all of us as human beings have one issue or the other in different magnitudes . But judging both of them empirically and for the task at hand , Atiku will perform much better than Buhari . And he will seek for good and able people around the country and beyond and make use of them to achieve his mission and vision for the general good of Nigerians and the country, ” he said .
Obasanjo claimed that the state of affairs under All Progressives Congress had been disappointing and called on the citizens to effect a change with their votes . He also commended Island Club for providing the platform for leaders to articulate their vision for the country through the lecture .
NAN reports that prominent Nigerians at the lecture included Senate President , Bukola Saraki; PDP National Chairman , Uche Secondus ; and Senator Ben Murray- Bruce.
Others at the lecture included a PDP chieftain, Chief Bode George , PDP candidate in Lagos , Mr Jimi Agbaje and a former governor of Ogun , Otunba Gbenga Daniel . https://lm.?u=https%3A%2F%2Fbit.ly%2F2G98kdA%3Ffbclid%3DIwAR1fNvQd4pAZyVjRsEmokeqWFaUySzuT5UIey8jy1H6Y2cfjlYgvP_msntY&h=AT36kQYNHjJjEgFDsQwqPSsQWd0mTbU6BeWTocT2MFwU7_8UYvRmzvlL_QyDzIi3fp7IwhoAFgAOUREjHhrdoAGhYORBQXXOkDcuLC8U0ihIrfOy-QGIaIjLMFP3kKYgRMHSgWIU9rIeFeW7yyBXYM3tsB164tIZKpuxk4ue-SeExj5On6OqQW7HIg4bgFUWM5BeTeyMoH6NMKB5Dv55DS5asLgJ3IuzBt_9eQ6i-lIWsNzvvz9MxlhecuCAAGnuGga50f_xxw5875igqi3uIbRX7w-sJ3O-ceOReA2s73jkLowFRlFxYWmo808i2PIsAJcaVcnL5msXiBrIsTimb3JOGzKcPs7SrzoMA3j3Im3-7JdDu7tdx4GpoakaLyt9Vk67HyocGQJziPPrnkG6vy3zPWZA9TUPqJYH6_r_YWLuPIy7D4sJm85q28X2SQq-isxTDbHMjE6_8R1K403XyoLIlTwKQPQvY_ED8VK9DbR-YEppMVJO_qrAZDi3WTZtVpU1_NqwqyRDNKJ8__oWjKcN4wvJ--hsdMYmRc0wTYdfMXNLjmeJ6abFKTMD18ndoSgDKa2HYwS3bHLBaAPS3Brp0HFz44uZvffxGvWYwx_UGAk647SK0qJiDPlZdoxAApMxFk-kV7-PGbCn8A0nBWLvyMkpM99CYDntOXVfUxLX32DhP9JqVulyLQVrer8yxTQ2cdlvwHoVneYMKX8EKAjlbOCIa5vabqzLJD7tgBTPfLN-IPu1nYsglV5xEuGFm0s48MAZxhezH6aCcKtNGMJ2xZ8NeQruNHcd3khxR8747O309ey0RYuJRRMo_bFwo4AD0vk6sw_cpHSCd-K_IDqDdeBhM6NxqxfDE6EFtE4LL-RIKqLceLmYHkDW9bRDcHr6Dax7FGs0UsA548JxcNdF3SAJn3WRevdMTUtbcGieXTOnrjrRwcxuSmbJtOC5fE0TRZM3FpCsTeyJM0fWZirB0siVvnqAirxqnt2qFG13

If I had any love for Atiku before now his affiliation with obasanjo cast doubt in my mind

No one is perfect

Sadejos:
If I had any love for Atiku before now his affiliation with obasanjo cast doubt in my mind

But Buhari's affiliation with obasanjo in 2015 didn't cast any doubt in your mind abi? Abeg clear for road. Certified Zombies be forming neutral on nairaland these days. See that one that calls himself helenius be forming neutral but all him posts dey smell zombie zombie. Latest strategy by BMC, they tell us PDP and APC are the same let's vote for a third party then on elections day, they go ahead and vote the dullard again while we split our votes among the other candidates. PDP is the only party that stands a chance of taking out this lifeless cow and his government and they know it. That's why they are going about trying to sow doubts in people's mind about them. Don't listen to them, they are no patriots, they are all APC zombies and BMC clowns like the one I just quoted

Silver back megalomaniac.

I don't blame you at all...I blame the so called futures who have decided to live in the present past out of sheer fear of the unknown and zero content of the mind.

You thus seem like an omega and an oracle to them.

What a huge shame.

Is Obasanjo now comparing Atiku with a whole Jesus?

OBJ find someone else to use because Jesus' life on earth had no blemish. He perfectly did the will of the father doing his days on earth.

It’s now left for Christian to judge. If any Christian vote Atiku then u guys believe Obj was right about the Messiah, Son of Mary.


Vote wisely


As for me .......,


I will vote for .......,

I rather watch porn than pay attention to you.. I can smell the hate you have in you from miles away... Your problem is self inflicted and its no fault of buhari be here forming grammer and quoting me... Guy drink some bobo cos you need... Mtcweeew iberiberism

Macabeus:

But Buhari's affiliation with obasanjo in 2015 didn't cast any doubt in your mind abi? Abeg clear for road. Certified Zombies be forming neutral on nairaland these days. See that one that calls himself helenius be forming neutral but all him posts dey smell zombie zombie. Latest strategy by BMC, they tell us PDP and APC are the same let's vote for a third party then on elections day, they go ahead and vote the dullard again while we split our votes among the other candidates. PDP is the only party that stands a chance of taking out this lifeless cow and his government and they know it. That's why they are going about trying to sow doubts in people's mind about them. Don't listen to them, they are no patriots, they are all APC zombies and BMC clowns like the one I just quoted

Jesus was SINLESS throughout his years on earth. That was why he could stand for our sins. OBJ's theology PhD is fake

Obasanjo will go to any length to justify his action. To him, he is the most intelligent Nigerian. The more he tries to justify his decision for Atiku, the less intelligence he displays. Perhaps he wants to become Atiku's best friend so that Atiku can enrich him as he promised.

I cannot stand Obasanjo and other Atiku friends buying NNPC. In Orubebe's voice, 'we will not take it'.

Sadejos:
If I had any love for Atiku before now his affiliation with obasanjo cast doubt in my mind

Shut up ! Dimwit, you never have love for anybody outside your right digits n your dicky !

Child of hate take some chill pill at the rate you are going come febuhari 16 you will slid into depression oo

happYFingers:


Shut up ! Dimwit, you never have love for anybody outside your right digits n your dicky !

Macabeus:

But Buhari's affiliation with obasanjo in 2015 didn't cast any doubt in your mind abi? Abeg clear for road. Certified Zombies be forming neutral on nairaland these days. See that one that calls himself helenius be forming neutral but all him posts dey smell zombie zombie. Latest strategy by BMC, they tell us PDP and APC are the same let's vote for a third party then on elections day, they go ahead and vote the dullard again while we split our votes among the other candidates. PDP is the only party that stands a chance of taking out this lifeless cow and his government and they know it. That's why they are going about trying to sow doubts in people's mind about them. Don't listen to them, they are no patriots, they are all APC zombies and BMC clowns like the one I just quoted

Was it Buhari that Atiku wrote a whole book about where he called him all manner of names and declared he is a thief?

Was it buhari that obasanjo has told both the local and international media that is corrupt and a thief?

Was it buhari that obasanjo for 8 solid years labelled a thief and fraud?

All these Atikurideen zombies who love supporting a thief and fraud like you are, are obviously as fraudulent and into thievery like your principal

happYFingers:


Shut up ! Dimwit, you never have love for anybody outside your right digits n your dicky !

What this is too much!

We have heard Sir.

Sadejos:
I rather watch porn than pay attention to you.. I can smell the hate you have in you from miles away... Your problem is self inflicted and its no fault of buhari be here forming grammer and quoting me... Guy drink some bobo cos you need... Mtcweeew iberiberism

Shut the fvck up!! Bloody zombie has been exposed and he is ranting like a lunatic. Look at him saying it's no fault of Buhari when he was earlier forming that he is neutral. The stench of your zombeism is what is suffocating you and not any hate you're smelling from anywhere. Go on watch your porn and self-service away, Is there any reasonable thing you buharist zombies are good at? Porn champion supporting a champion of incompetence

Sadejos:
Child of hate take some chill pill at the rate you are going come febuhari 16 you will slid into depression oo

See am now? Your zombeism don dey smell like refuse dump. Perfect example of iberibeism is coming here to think you can fool people by pretending to be neutral when in fact you're a confirmed zombie!!

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