Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has reiterated his defence for the Presidential Candidate of the PDP, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar over the incumbent, President Muhammadu Buhari.
Obasanjo said in spite of the loss of Atiku to President Buhari in the just concluded Presidential Elections, Atiku is still a better candidate.
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The elder statesman spoke on Sunday evening when the Southwest PDP leaders led by the party’s National Vice Chairman (South West), Dr Eddy Olafeso, visited him at his Pent-House Residence within the Olusegun Obasanjo Presidential Library (OOPL), Abeokuta, Ogun State.
He said:
“Politically speaking, you can’t be my friend if you don’t buy into the Nigeria’s project. For me, till death, I will continue to push for a better Nigeria.
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“I said if you compare the two of them (referring to Atiku and Buhari) with what I know and all I have written about the incumbent, which they have decided to cover up, Atiku is better than the incumbent by far. That’s the point I am making. And nobody is perfect.
“I am not a perfect person. I have my shortcomings. If I deny my shortcomings, it means I am not being truthful to myself.
“But, my shortcomings have nothing to do with my love for Nigeria. It has nothing to do with being greedy or selfishness.”
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Obasanjo told his guests the Nigerian situation demands a vibrant voice and opposition in PDP to engender a virile democracy.
The former Head of States also bemoaned the failure of leadership, saying Nigeria can’t move forward “if we continue the way we are.”
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