- The Oba of Lagos, Rilwan Akiolu, has said former President Olusegun Obasanjo is the major problem of Nigeria
- The monarch said the former president was “running after” Lagos when in government, instead of focusing on the country’s investments
- Akiolu advised Nigerians to vote for candidates based on their manifestoes and not for money
The Oba of Lagos, His Highness Oba Rilwan Akiolu has said Nigeria's former President Olusegun Obasanjo is the major problem of Nigeria today.
The monarch in an interview with Vanguard, said the former president was “running after” Lagos when in government, instead of focusing on the country’s investments.
"The major problem of Nigeria today is former President Olusegun Obasanjo. When he was in government, he was running after Lagos while someone was cornering all the blue-chip companies that belong to the country.
He cannot win election in his ward in Abeokuta. He ignored all Supreme Court judgements which were in favour of Lagos State. He told me that ‘Tinubu is stubborn, each time he goes to court even if he wins, I will make the condition of the court unenforceable’.
I told him, it is true Bola Ahmed Tinubu is stubborn but his stubbornness is based on popular support. Tinubu is a good man and an achiever, but stubborn to a fault; if I tell him he’s stubborn, he will say he is taking after me,” he said.
Akiolu speaking about the 2019 elections, advised Nigerians to vote for candidates based on their manifestoes and not for money.
He said: “It is unfortunate, many Nigerians are deceiving themselves. The kind of politics we play here is ‘money politics.’ Politicians should bring their manifestoes and their followers should make sure they deliver on their promises.”
“But for some people to line-up somewhere and be collecting $20,000, $25,000 to pick a presidential candidate is wrong. If the person gets there, he will first recoup his money. I pray those people should not get there.”
Oba Akiolu praising President Muhammadu Buhari for not being “materialistic”, labelled other politicians as theives, adding that if they came to visit him he would tell them to their faces.
“It’s unfortunate that Buhari did not stay long as Head of State in 1984, Nigeria would have been better. Buhari is one of the few, politicians who are not materialistic.”
“Majority of them are ‘grab –grab’ politicians. Let me use this medium to tell all those politicians moving about because election is coming, that if they are not ready to hear the truth, they should not come to my palace.
“I will tell them that they are thieves, Nigerians know them, and youths should not allow politicians to use them.,” he said.
In a previous report by Legit.ng, Nigeria's former president, Olusegun Obasanjo, who chaired the public presentation of Goodluck Jonathan's book, My Transition Hours, to the public in Abuja, on Tuesday, November 20, urged Nigerians to ensure that they would not hand over the nation and democracy to those he called thieves and hooligans.
Obasanjo said if the nation’s democracy is handed over to those in these categories, they could use it as a weapon against the people.
The former president said: “There is still no substitute for democracy when all is said and done. It fosters peace. It builds and does not destroy. It unifies, rather than divides.
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