I beg Just take your time and read the whole response of ObJ. ,   Really interesting to note somethings

From Kolade Lrrewaju
ABEOKUTA – FORMER President Olusegun Obasanjo, Wednesday, reacted to the comments about him made by  former President Ibrahim Babangida saying that he [IBB] was being foolish as his comments were not well though out.

According to him, former President Babangida should be pitied and shown sympathy rather than anger or condemnation as he was being foolish at the age of 70.


Obasanjo who spoke with news men in Abeokuta during the visit of an American Team on an inspection of the Olusegun Obasanjo Presidential Library [OOPL] said that his initial thought was not to respond but that on second thought he decided to reply IBB so that he would not consider himself wise.

He said  “well, normally when I read these things I don’t believe them. Yesterday when somebody phoned me and said this was said, I said don’t believe it. He said check on all the papers and I said get me all the papers, they got me the papers and I read; it’s a little bit unlike Babangida.

[b]But if Babangida had decided on becoming a septuagenarian, that he will be a fool, I think one should probably do what the Bible says in Proverbs chapter 26, verse 4. It says don’t answer a fool because you may also become like him.

“When you go to the same Proverbs chapter 26, verse 5, it says answer a fool so that he will not think he’s a wise man. So, I am now torn between which of the two verses I should follow in this respect. Some of the things he said unfortunately were not well thought-out.

“For instance, he talked about our energy. When I was the military head of state, I built Jebba dam; built Shiroro dam, I prepared the foundation of Egbin plant which President Shagari completed and commissioned. That time the money we were making was not up to the money Babangida was making annually for his eight years and yet we built two dams.

Because it was important, you know that power is the driving force for development and for any developing country. But since the building of Egbin power plant, until I came back in 1999 there was not any generating plant for almost 20 years and Babangida spent eight years out of that. Now, he has the audacity to talk about anybody; I think that is unfortunate.

“I also read where he said in his time, he gave the dividends of democracy and at the same time he regretted. When I read that, well I said Babangida should be pitied and shown sympathy rather than anger or condemnation because the old saying says a fool at 40 is a fool forever and I would say a regret at 70 is a regret too late. Well a regret at 70 is a regret to the grave.[/b]
“Then as elected president, I built Papalanto, Omotosho, others and I started five what they called Independent Power Stations which were stopped for two and a half years. Now that the present administration has started building a new power project at Uyo. As a country, Nigeria should be adding nothing less than 1,500 megawatts annually. South Africa with a population of 50 million generates 50,000 mega watts.

Nigeria with a population of about 165 million we are not generating, we as at 1999 met 1,500 mega watts before we took it up to 4,000 mega watts. What we started they are now allowing it to go on. I believe if they continue with the programme that we left, In another two years , we will get to 10,000”.

Further straightning issues, the former Presdent confirmed that he in fact blocked the sale of Nigeria Airways saying such a sale would have put the Nigeria nation in further debt.

He said “I blocked the sale of Nigeria Airways, not that I attempted to block the sale of Nigeria Airways. When I was military head of state, Nigeria Airways had 32 aircrafts, by the time I came back as elected president of Nigeria, Nigeria Airways had only one aircraft.

“One of the 32 was a wide bodied aircraft, they have all gone and the report on which we worked is here, the amount of money we will have to pay if Nigeria Airways was sold, what we would get out of it is less than 10 percent of the debt we have to pay. That will be the debt Nigeria tax payers will have to pay; that will not be the way to run the affairs of this country. I won’t run my own affairs that way, so I opted for liquidation. So, it was bankrupt, it was liquidated; in which case whatever you gain from liquidation which is also a form of sale, it means the burden will be shared by all the creditors and everybody. So, if I owe you 10 dollars and what I sell when I am liquidated is two. That’s what you get. So, I did not allow normal privatization or sale because it would have put very heavy burden on Nigeria.

“So, Nigerians should know that and in fact my administration should be commended for that. It’s not that I did not allow that sale because the law establishing it is sale and liquidation is also a form of sale”.

http://www.vanguardngr.com/2011/08/obasanjo-replies-ibb-a-fool-at-70/

i no baba will talk him own

I trust baba, once a soldier!!!

Baba remains one of the best president Nigeria has ever had,
Let Maradona not compare himself with him at all

1-1

You can never catch baba off-guard!

Jarus:

You can never catch baba off-guard!

I tell you. Baba is too sharp,

i build , i did that, i even embezzled zillion of naira. in the process.
two old fools, reason some ppl are still breathing oxygen is simply becos it is illegal to shoot the moda4kas.
y am i not in china for christ sake.?

Two great fools with nothing to show for it after running this country down. Let them go on and tell us how they raped the country blind. Shameless old cargoes

Richtalk:

I tell you. Baba is too sharp,

and smarter than GEJ

The joke is on you people!

IBB and OBJ are bosom friends, they probably called each other laughing about how one of them wounded the other with these statements. Truth is, these 2 love each other like brothers in addition to being partners in crime.

Demdem:

and smarter than GEJ

And smarter than Buhari ,and smater than late yaradull, and smarter than Atiku and smarter than,

Well GEJ is not a soldier but he is learning to be one and might soon overtake his oga cos he still in service while baba and the rest are retired

ndu_chucks:

The joke is on you people!   

IBB and OBJ are bosom friends, they probably called each other laughing about how one of them wounded the other with these statements.  Truth is, these 2 love each other like brothers in addition to being partners in crime.

you are very correct!

Lets see how it will play out. OBJ and IBB, two of a kind

Yeske!:

Two great fools with nothing to show for it after running this country down. Let them go on and tell us how they violated the country blind. Shameless old cargoes

I disagree

Texther:

I disagree

prove him wrong

Baba,

Nobody fit try you ooo

I trust Ebora Owu will surely reply the Minna fool. IBB waiting for ur response. D battle for words has begun!

nuslock:

I trust Ebora Owu will surely reply the Minna fool. IBB waiting for your response. D battle for words has begun!

that's too harsh, dont forget he is maradona

ndu_chucks:

The joke is on you people!

IBB and OBJ are bosom friends, they probably called each other laughing about how one of them wounded the other with these statements. Truth is, these 2 love each other like brothers in addition to being partners in crime.

never believed, i will agree with this guy. so correct

Richtalk:

And smarter than Buhari ,and smater than late yaradull, and smarter than Atiku and smarter than,

Well GEJ is not a soldier but he is learning to be one and m[b]ight soon overtake his oga [/b]cos he still in service while baba and the rest are retired

That i honestly doubt. GEJ is better fitted in the classroom where his primary constituent is and not politics/ governance.

Richtalk:

And smarter than Buhari ,and smater than late yaradull, and smarter than Atiku and smarter than,

Well GEJ is not a soldier but he is learning to be one and m[b]ight soon overtake his oga [/b]cos he still in service while baba and the rest are retired

That i honestly doubt. GEJ is better fitted in the classroom where his primary constituent is and not politics/ governance.

The two of them should keep quiet jor.

OAM4J:

The two of them should keep quiet jor.

atleast their show of shame will give us a sort of tension relief from all the problem we have

lol

Those clowns (Baba Iyabo and Evil genuis) should create nairaland profile and spar. Foolish senile old men.  

If 2 rich old palees are quarreling in public like this, what is the quality of the wisdom they have garnered with age??
No wonder nothing worked under their regimes!.

PointB:

lol

Those clowns (Baba Iyabo and Evil genuis) should create nairaland profile and spar. Foolish senile old men.  

good one

olawalebab:

prove him wrong

Thanks joor
@Texther, tok na

The two most corrupt men should better keep their stinking dirty mouth shut.
Both are killers, corrupt, selfish, lunatics, and big time smooth criminals Nigeria have ever produced.
One slept with his daughter in-law while the other killed his bestman. Two extreme demons competing for the first position.

henry101:

The two most corrupt men should better keep their stinking dirty mouth shut.
Both are killers, corrupt, selfish, lunatics, and big time smooth criminals Nigeria have ever produced.
One slept with his daughter in-law while the other killed his bestman. Two extreme demons competing for the first position.

Thank you for this. unfortunately they are not fools, they have made us the fools the past 20 years these two

awon agbaya meji !!!

Old dudes drama, hahahaha, lol

ndu_chucks:

The joke is on you people!

IBB and OBJ are bosom friends, they probably called each other laughing about how one of them wounded the other with these statements. Truth is, these 2 love each other like brothers in addition to being partners in crime.

You really think these 2 men called each other up and said let's drag our image and prestige on the floor just for fun?

For what motive?

Sounds a little off base.