Laolu Akande, former spokesman to ex-Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, has alleged that former President Olusegun Obasanjo played a key role in the decline of party politics in Nigeria.
Akande said Obasanjo taught Nigerians how to use the
presidency to subdue party politics in Nigeria.
He disclosed this in an interview on Channels Television’s
Inside Sources.
Akande said: “One of the reasons why all of these
uninspiring dispensations of party politics are upon us is because the nature
of party politics in Nigeria has been heavily devalued, heavily destroyed
starting from when former President Olusegun Obasanjo was in office as our
civilian leader.
“It was Obasanjo who taught us how to effectively subdue
parties and their structures under the presidency.
“Before 1999, we had the SDP and NRC in the Third Republic,
and before that, we had political parties in the Second Republic that were
strong.
“In both republics, the political parties and their national
leaders had some serious cloud over and above presidential candidates and their
even the president.
“In Nigeria, it was Obasanjo who changed the dynamics when
he was president. The late Chief Audu Ogbe told Obasanjo, ‘I’m not your cook
but your party Chairman, so talk to me with respect.’
“Which party Chairman do you think can assert such self do
you imagine can assert such self assurance in today’s politics?
“Before then, Obasanjo had dusted Solomon Lar, who was the
founding Chairman of PDP in 1999. Whether Obasanjo knew it or not, what he was
doing was wrecking party politics in Nigeria. He went on to determine the party
candidate for the gubernatorial and presidential elections.”
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