A Presidential aspirant, ex-Vice-President Atiku Abubakar yesterday mocked ex-President Olusegun Obasanjo over the loss of the South-West by the Peoples Democratic Party.

In what appeared a retaliation of Obasanjo’s swipe at him on Thursday, the ex-Vice-President also said that with the victory of Governor Rauf Aregbesola, "We too dey laugh ooo!"

He said ex-President Olusegun Obasanjo should be blamed for the loss of states being controlled by the Peoples Democratic Party in the South-West to the Action Congress of Nigeria.

He also asked Obasanjo to retire to his "huge fortune in Ota" instead of making a "fool of himself"

Atiku, who made his position known in a statement in Abuja through his Campaign Organization said the Court of Appeal, Ibadan Division’s declaration of the candidate of the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN), Rauf Aregbesola, winner of the 2007 governorship election in Osun State) was a "consequence of Chief Olusegun Obasanjo’s mismanagement of the PDP in the entire Southwest.

The statement added: "We are reaping the consequences of Obasanjo’s gross mismanagement of not only the PDP in the South west but the entire country. We too dey laugh ooo!

"Obasanjo should just get out of the party so that we can rebuild the party we formed. All Obasanjo had done in his southwest zone was to tear down the party, cause divisions and force out credible and loyal party members," the statement said.

"The organization advised the former President to retire quietly to his huge fortune in Ota and Abeokuta rather than continue to make a fool of himself."