The National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Adams
Oshiomhole has said that former President Olusegun Obasanjo was a worse
dictator than General Sani Abacha, when he was in office.
Oshiomhole said this in an interview with Channels TV when he was
reacting to a recent statement by former President Obasanjo in which he
accused President Buhari of returning Nigeria to an era of late
dictator, Sani Abacha, in which impunity reigned supreme.
Recall that Obasanjo in a 16-page letter titled, “Points for concern
and action,” released in January, made some damning allegations against
President Buhari. He alleged that the President was putting into
practice, the lessons he allegedly learned from late General Sani
Abacha.
“Today, another Abacha Era is here. The security institutions are
being misused to fight all critics and opponents of Buhari and to derail
our fledgeling democracy,” Obasanjo had said in his letter
Reacting to Obasanjo’s claims, Oshiomhole disagreed that the country is drifting into a dictatorial state.
“Obasanjo can’t look me in the eyes and say those things, he is a
worse dictator, he was worse than Abacha. How many people disappeared
under Abacha’s watch compared to the number of Nigerians who disappeared
under Obasanjo’s watch including his own Attorney General who didn’t
who didn’t get justice. Even if you reduce it to family values, the
argument betwen him and his son over who is the actual father of his
children. Please don’t talk about Obasanjo. There is a problem I have
that in Nigeria, Obasanjo seems to eat his cake and have it. ”
Oshiomhole said.
On the case of Justice Walter Onnoghen, Oshiomhole said it is morally
improper for the Chief Justice of Nigeria to maintain multiple foreign
accounts, and backed calls for the CJN’s resignation.
“You can’t fight corruption selectively, Onnoghen should spare the Judiciary the trauma,” Obasanjo said
Watch a clip from the interview below
Obasanjo was worse than Abacha who was a dictator- Adams Oshiomole
A post shared by LIB – Linda Ikeji Blog (@lindaikejiblog) on Feb 4, 2019 at 9:37p