Jonathan Misused, Abused His Opportunity As President, Says Obasanjo

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has said that the immediate past President of the country, Goodluck Jonathan misused, abused his opportunity to rule Nigeria. While expressing no regrets in facilitating the emergence of Jonathan as President, Obasanjo said his objective had been achieved by making a minority group to produce the president of Nigeria. He said: “I believe that Nigeria politics will be strengthened even more if we have the opportunity to allow the minority in its own right to emerge as President, and I do not have any apology for anybody because the purpose I wanted Nigeria to achieve had been achieved. “That any Nigerian can become president, it is not a regret for Nigeria and for me because Nigeria gave him that opportunity, he used, abused, misused as he wished and at the appropriate time, Nigerians said thank you for what you have done and what you have not done and Nigeria said bye bye, which is the beauty of democracy.” On Biafra agitation Obasanjo, who described the Biafra agitation as a platform for people of the South East to make their voices heard, insisted that Biafra was dead. He said: “I sympathise with people agitating in the country, but what Nigeria needs to do now is to get our economy back on track. When you have a bad economic situation, such is expected. So I did not see their cause as a threat but I see it as a platform to get their voices heard. “Like I said on January 15, the important, authentic leaders of the South-East are concerned about economic situation of Nigeria and I believe when the situation changes tomorrow, these young people will sing a new song.” Thanks for reading.

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