Excerpts from My Watch ... Obasanjos view on Soyinka, Atiku and Tinubu!! Asiwaju Tinubu obviously frustrated this man... Hehehehe! ********************* On Wole Soyinka--- The Loner and Selfish Professor He enjoys being a loner and may not be happy when he cannot lead or shine. I am, however, often amused by his political comments which are almost always self-serving. For Wole, no one can be good nor can anything be spot on politically except that which emanates from him or is ordained by him. His friends and loved ones will always be right and correct no matter what they do or fail to do. I understand it has been his character from his schooldays. In short, Wole Soyinka is consistent, which is a good thing to know about him and to say for him I, and I am not alone, find him a misfit as a political analyst, commentator or critic. It is thus good that he did not foray into politics. He is surely a better wine connoisseur and a more successful aparo — hunter than a political critic, not to talk of what he would be as a politician. I take him seriously on almost all issues except on the political, particularly Nigerian politics....................... . . On Atiku Abubkar-- Desperate, Tried to Impeach OBJ, and Corrupt Atiku Abubakar took it to the level of obscenity. Right from the moment we were sworn in at Eagle Square, Atiku’s banner for 2007 was hoisted, and displayed everywhere in the arena. I, of course, ignored it. He had showed his hand much earlier when his marabout assured him that I would not complete the first term before he took over. He believed it and acted accordingly. He touted the Mandela model, in expectation that he would take over in the second term. The third prank he played was trying to get Na’Abba to impeach me. The final one before the 2003 election was his arrangement with Alex Ekwueme to be his running mate, and after Ekwueme had won, he would serve only three years, and then resign for Atiku to complete the term. As a result, they would have no competitor in the 2007 elections. 2003/2007-- After the election, while Atiku was manoeuvring and planning to put himself as the most consummate politician for 2007 elections, I was wholeheartedly engaged in running the affairs of government. I totally ignored Atiku and his co-planners. I was told that he had even prepared his list of ministers. “Atiku was not working on one option alone, he had the option for 2003 and 2007. One of his schemes in preparation for his ascension in 2007 was to get the whole South west AD Governors to support him. Without informing me, he went to work out a deal with the six AD Governors. In addition, he acquired indiscriminately chieftaincy titles all over the country. we received a letter dated 22 June 2006 written by the US Department of Justice Criminal Justice Office of International Affairs, which was brought to me by Nuhu Ribadu, the Head of EFCC, requesting us to investigate a number of Nigerians for suspicion of criminal activities in the US. “Atiku Abubakar’s name was among the names sent to us. Up to that time, EFCC had enjoyed a close cooperation and collaboration with law enforcement agencies in the UK and the USA. I gave the green light to Nuhu for the investigation as requested by the US Authorities. He carried out the investigation and forwarded his report to the US. The report was a bit uncomfortable and unsavoury for Atiku and his associates. I thought it was bad enough that the Vice President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria was under investigation for corruption, when my Administration had made fighting corruption one of its cardinal objectives as it turned out, the investigation in Nigeria and in the US led to Atiku’s house being searched by the US Bureau of Investigation, FBI, the arrest and detention of his newly married wife, Jennifer. She was also declared wanted at one time. It was so embarrassing for our Administration and Embassy in Washington under Ambassador George Obiozor.” . . On Bola Ahmed Tinubu-- Product of ill Birth, and Upbringing “None of the non-PDP governors in the South-West or Edo and Delta ever threw insults at me, except for Bola Tinubu whose actions I see as a product of his birth, upbringing, education and character. He set up media organisations and bought media establishments and practitioners to carry out his mission. Gbenga Daniel was in the same boat as Bola Tinubu. I used to describe Bola as being completely fake in everything except in being a human being. However, when APC party leaders including Bola Tinubu paid me a courtesy visit on December 22, 2013, I did not hesitate to say that whatever view or opinion one might hold about Bola Tinubu, (and I hold a strong one), he was a different political animal in 2014 from the one he was in 1999. One must give him that. I also pointed out that he would need to mend fences and to change tactics.”
Posted on: Wed, 10 Dec 2014 16:23:57 +0000
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