Stop Attacking Jonathan, Fayose tells Obasanjo
Ekiti State Governor, Ayodele Fayose has appealed to former President Olusegun Obasanjo to stop speaking negative of Fmr President Goodluck Jonathan. Fayose urged Obasanjo to allow Jonathan retire into his private life “devoid of mudslinging from elder statesmen like Obasanjo,” since he (Jonathan) was no longer the president of Nigeria.
The governor, according to a statement, issued in Ado Ekiti on Monday by his Special Assistant on Public Communications and New Media, Lere Olayinka said: “Most importantly, Jonathan’s performance as a democrat has been widely acknowledged locally and internationally, particularly by President Muhammadu Buhari, who on many occasions acknowledged the role he (Jonathan) played in midwifing a peaceful and successful transition programme, thereby averting the feared crisis in the country.
“This is in contrast to Baba Obasanjo, who tried third term, when he was about concluding his constitutional two terms. And who knows whether he would have tried fourth term if he had succeeded with his third term agenda? The reality is, assuming but not conceding that Jonathan performed below expectation, democratic governance that he established in Nigeria is more important than any other performance that Obasanjo alluded to.
“We are all stakeholders in the country Nigeria. It is wrong for any Nigerian no matter how highly placed to go about carrying himself around as the only honest and lover of the country. Since Baba Obasanjo has openly destroyed his Peoples Democratic Party membership card, he is free to go about seeking relevance in the All Progressives Congress without running anyone down.”
“People living in glass houses should avoid throwing stones. Nigerians know those involved in the Halliburton scandal, and people who are yet to be cleared of their alleged complicity in a scam like Halliburton lacked moral rights to brand other people as corrupt.”
The governor, according to a statement, issued in Ado Ekiti on Monday by his Special Assistant on Public Communications and New Media, Lere Olayinka said: “Most importantly, Jonathan’s performance as a democrat has been widely acknowledged locally and internationally, particularly by President Muhammadu Buhari, who on many occasions acknowledged the role he (Jonathan) played in midwifing a peaceful and successful transition programme, thereby averting the feared crisis in the country.
“This is in contrast to Baba Obasanjo, who tried third term, when he was about concluding his constitutional two terms. And who knows whether he would have tried fourth term if he had succeeded with his third term agenda? The reality is, assuming but not conceding that Jonathan performed below expectation, democratic governance that he established in Nigeria is more important than any other performance that Obasanjo alluded to.
“We are all stakeholders in the country Nigeria. It is wrong for any Nigerian no matter how highly placed to go about carrying himself around as the only honest and lover of the country. Since Baba Obasanjo has openly destroyed his Peoples Democratic Party membership card, he is free to go about seeking relevance in the All Progressives Congress without running anyone down.”
“People living in glass houses should avoid throwing stones. Nigerians know those involved in the Halliburton scandal, and people who are yet to be cleared of their alleged complicity in a scam like Halliburton lacked moral rights to brand other people as corrupt.”
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