The Arewa Youth Consultative
Forum (AYCF) has lambasted former President, Olusegun Obasanjo for his continuous attacks
on President Muhammadu Buhari.
Obasanjo recently advised
Nigerians not to re-elect Buhari in 2019.
But the group in a statement
signed by its National President, Alhaji Yerima Shettima, on Friday, slammed
the ex president for the comment.
“For quite some time, former
President Olusegun Obasanjo has turned himself into a self-appointed messiah in
the efforts to define the political and democratic future of this country.
“And the result of this
meddlesomeness by the former president has been disastrous for the country,”
the group said.
AYCF said that it is disgusting
that the former president is still bent on interfering with Nigeria’s
leadership problems created by people like him.
The group said that it has
noticed that the former president has made it a duty to lampoon President
Buhari at every given opportunity, in a desperate bid to portray himself as
Nigeria’s democratic superman.
“Much as we are equally
disappointed in the underperformance of President Buhari, we are not blinded by
the fact that Obasanjo has no moral high ground for his repeated attacks on
Buhari.
“The current president may have
his serious shortcomings but he is still morally a better leader than Obasanjo.
“We challenge Obasanjo to tell us
any of the current political and economic difficulties confronting the nation
that are not connected to his meddlesomeness and manipulations. Let him
exonerate himself from the current mess facing the country, if at all he can.
“It will no longer be acceptable
for any old cargo to decide the fate of over 160 million Nigerians. We have had
enough of this domineering old men in the democratic space and we are now
saying its over,” it noted.
AYCF urged Nigerians of good
conscience to ignore Obasanjo’s rantings and face the reality of this defining
moment in the history of the nation.
“We have warned, whoever has ear,
let him hear!” the statement concluded.
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