President Jonathan in an interview with Nigerian Tribune Editors spoke about the 'Obasanjo saga'. He said Obasanjo is his political father and that disagreement should always be expected from political father and son.
He also said
“First and foremost,
Obasanjo is a father to me. By divine providence and the grace of God, I
am the President of Nigeria today. It is not by my strength. But God
uses human beings to actualise His own blessings on human beings. And He
used so many Nigerians, including former President Obasanjo, to play
one role or the other for me. I became the deputy governor of a state,
became the governor, the vice president and
“But I will use this
opportunity, because you asked, to just plead with my father that he is a
leader, a former president of the country. He has led the country more
than anybody — eight years of democratic governance and almost four
years of military governance. No other person has that kind of record.
The stability of this country is critical in terms of the economy of
this country. Rating agencies downgrade countries that are going into
elections because the feeling is that there would be crisis. When you
paint the colour of instability for your own nation, you are doing so
much injustice to the country because it affects the economy of the
country, not just affecting the country in terms of security and social
issues alone. It affects the economy directly. So, I plead with very
senior citizens that Nigeria is dear to us; we don’t have any other
country than Nigeria.
president. I have no issues
with him, and I really don’t want to join issues with President
Obasanjo. I think it is not necessary"
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