Yesterday, former President Chief Olusegun Obasanjo said his former deputy, Atiku Abubakar; chieftain of All Progressives Congress, APC, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu; former Speaker of the House of Representatives, Salisu Buhari, and former governors of Delta and Bayelsa states, James Ibori and Diepreye Alamieyeseigha, respectively, had failed the nation.He said it was sad that after 53 years of independence, there was no leader that could be commended.
The ex-president said this while delivering a keynote address at the fourth annual Ibadan Sustainable Development Summit, organised by Centre for Sustainable Development, University of Ibadan, in collaboration with African Sustainable Development Network.
While responding to issues relating to poor leadership in Africa, he specifically mentioned Alhaji Abubakar, Tinubu, Salisu Buhari, Alamieyeseigha and others.
He said: "I wanted someone who would succeed me so I took Atiku. Within a year, I started seeing the type of man Atiku is. And you want me to get him there?"
On young politicians
He added that during his administration, there were some politicians who were under 50 years in leadership positions.
Obasanjo said: "One of them was James Ibori. Where is he today? One of them was Alameseigha. Where is he today? Lucky Igbinedion; where is he today?
"The youngest was the Speaker, Buhari. You can still recall what happened to him.
"You said Bola Tinubu is your master. What Salisu Buhari did was not anything worse than what Bola Tinubu did.
"I once went to Tanzania because Julius Nyerere recognised Biafra. He told me not to mind his aides and others in government.
"They would say they have one house in town, but their five-year old sons and daughters would have houses all over.
Atiku however took to twitter addressing Obasanjo's speech
He said
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