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Obasanjo on Atiku
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"I settled for Atiku Abubakar. Some of the reasons were he worked hard for the project, he never indicated interest in the job to me, he had worked closely with Shehu Yar'Adua and Shehu never passed any adverse comment on him,he had been elected as a Governor which already put him on the pedestal to move up politically, but he had been short- changed in the election that would have put M.K.O.Abiola in power, and he seemed to have some national outreach.
What I did not know, which came out glaringly later, was his parental background which was somewhat shadowy, his propensity to corruption, his tendency to disloyalty, his inability to say and stick to the truth all the time,a propensity for poor judgment, his belief and reliance on marabouts , his lack of transparency, his trust in money to buy his way out on all issues and his readiness to sacrifice morality, integrity, propriety truth and national interest for self and selfish interest.
May be some of these traits and poor attributes are not easy to see until you work with the person concerned. And those who should tell would keep quite so that they would not be accused of running others down .
For instance until later, when a distinguished chief from Bauchi pointed out to me the value of pedigree, queried Atiku's pedigree and blamed me for making a wrong choice, I did not pay attention to Atiku's parental background.
Furthermore until all efforts to help Atiku change had failed- and having stumbled upon a report of inquiry carried out on him- I asked one of my predecessors why he did not inform me of how bad the report was and he said that he though I knew.
He said, " This was a man I wanted to dismiss and jail but for the intervention of Shagaya and Shehu Yar'Adua. ". I took him at face value. However if his appointment was an error, I fully accepted responsibility for the genuine mistake.
And knowing all that I discovered about him, what would have been an unpardonable mistake and sin against God would have been to foist him on Nigeria."

Olusegun Obasanjo
MY WATCH
Volume 2
Pages 31- 32

Obasanjo on Atiku
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"I settled for Atiku Abubakar. Some of the reasons were he worked hard for the project, he never indicated interest in the job to me, he had worked closely with Shehu Yar'Adua and Shehu never passed any adverse comment on him,he had been elected as a Governor which already put him on the pedestal to move up politically, but he had been short- changed in the election that would have put M.K.O.Abiola in power, and he seemed to have some national outreach.
What I did not know, which came out glaringly later, was his parental background which was somewhat shadowy, his propensity to corruption, his tendency to disloyalty, his inability to say and stick to the truth all the time,a propensity for poor judgment, his belief and reliance on marabouts , his lack of transparency, his trust in money to buy his way out on all issues and his readiness to sacrifice morality, integrity, propriety truth and national interest for self and selfish interest.
May be some of these traits and poor attributes are not easy to see until you work with the person concerned. And those who should tell would keep quite so that they would not be accused of running others down .
For instance until later, when a distinguished chief from Bauchi pointed out to me the value of pedigree, queried Atiku's pedigree and blamed me for making a wrong choice, I did not pay attention to Atiku's parental background.
Furthermore until all efforts to help Atiku change had failed- and having stumbled upon a report of inquiry carried out on him- I asked one of my predecessors why he did not inform me of how bad the report was and he said that he though I knew.
He said, " This was a man I wanted to dismiss and jail but for the intervention of Shagaya and Shehu Yar'Adua. ". I took him at face value. However if his appointment was an error, I fully accepted responsibility for the genuine mistake.
And knowing all that I discovered about him, what would have been an unpardonable mistake and sin against God would have been to foist him on Nigeria."

Olusegun Obasanjo
MY WATCH
Volume 2
Pages 31- 32

Whether Atiku or Buhari, is a win-win situation for the north. Is either you vote for Buhari for his last 4 years term or vote Atiku for another 8 years term for the North. Whichever way, the north is the winner. And who knows what would happen to the zoning arrangement after Atiku's 8 years.

Vote wisely.

I concur.

I concur

VP ticket? Is reserved for Duke.

Haba! See where better convention dey happen. Unlike the other charade happening in PH, where the organizers, the aspirants and the delegates are all in confusion.

Omo! See conflict resolution in action.
I love this.

Is not by smiling oh!

Tomorrow is the D-day sha! Let's see how it pans out

Tomorrow is the D day sha! Let's see how it pans out

Joevics:
This is a photo of Buhari and APC protesting against the federal government in 2014.
No harassment, No tear gas, No police invitation and somobe will say that PDP is the evil party.

Did you see them pushing police and trying to force themselves into police headquarters. Theres, was a peaceful, gentlemen protest unlike the thuggish protest they are staging yesterday.

Laughable abi??

This land is not for SALE.
I acquired it 12:00 mid night.
So KEEP OFF!!!!

This land is not for SALE.
I acquire it 12:00 mid night.
So KEEP OFF!!!!

OP is not by poster oh!

shakmati:
I have fallen in love with the PDP as the true hope for a great Nigeria. God please make Saraki win the primaries! Nigeria shall be great again!

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The same PDP I know? Hmmmm!

Are you sure?

The Basket mouth is not happy EFCC unraveled his mission.
I wonder he was not in Abuja to join the protest.

Ghen; ghen!!
Sai Baba is ready for them.
If they ran away from his party for fear of defeat. They will definitely meet him at the general elections.
Sai Baba till 2023!
No shaking!!!!!!

Mega party ko!
The ADC you formed nko?
These ones waiting for leftovers from PDP and APC.

I also concur Sarkii.
The only way this overbearing interest in clinching political office could be tamed, is by making political offices less attractive financially. All this muscles flexing is due to too much money attached to the political offices. Political office holding should be a patriotic call.

There are enemies of APC within APC. If you know you know.

Let the person who will liberate the state win.

sosanova:
Buhari is a dictator

And what is Kwankwaso after dumping the party and ridiculing it, to now come back and seize it through the back door from those who believed in it and struggled for it survival just to make his son in-law the Governor of the state.

Kano state is politically advanced to take that rubbish. I don't know what he did to the national working committee of PDP to deserve such favour at this material time.
At the end PDP will be the loser in all this.

2019: It will be Kwankwasiyya VS the good people of Kano.

Let's see how it pans out.
I believe the end is near for the abragados of Kwankwaso.
No President
No Governor
No Senator
It will be a triple loss for him.

You and who?
Abeg Baba till 2023 jare!

They are simply obeying court order and helping PDP to come back to it senses. How can you hijack party exco illegally and expect to get away with it. Kwankwasiyya is dying a natural death.

Adeyanju is calling Wike a mole in PDP.

What is your reaction Sir?

OP, no be only in Kogi east oh! You no here about Wike and Atiku flexing muscles. Na October 6 be the final burial.

Sai Baba!
The IPOB's eyesores.