The National Chairman of
the All Progressives Congress (APC), Adams Oshiomhole has said that former
President Olusegun Obasanjo was a worse dictator than General Sani Abacha when
he was in office.
Oshiomhole said this in an
interview with Channels TV when he was reacting to a recent statement by former
President Obasanjo in which he accused President Buhari of returning Nigeria to
an era of the late dictator, Sani Abacha, in which impunity reigned supreme.
Recall that Obasanjo in a
16-page letter titled, “Points for concern and action,” released in January,
made some damning allegations against President Buhari. He alleged that the
President was putting into practice, the lessons he allegedly learned from late
General Sani Abacha.
“Today, another Abacha Era
is here. The security institutions are being misused to fight all critics and
opponents of Buhari and to derail our fledgling democracy,” Obasanjo had said
in his letter
Reacting to Obasanjo’s
claims, Oshiomhole disagreed that the country is drifting into a dictatorial
state.
“Obasanjo can’t look me in
the eyes and say those things, he is a worse dictator, he was worse than
Abacha. How many people disappeared under Abacha’s watch compared to the number
of Nigerians who disappeared under Obasanjo’s watch including his own Attorney
General who didn’t who didn’t get justice.
Even if you reduce it to
family values, the argument betwen him and his son over who is the actual
father of his children. Please don’t talk about Obasanjo. There is a problem I
have that in Nigeria, Obasanjo seems to eat his cake and have it. ” Oshiomhole
said.
On the case of Justice
Walter Onnoghen, Oshiomhole said it is morally improper for the Chief Justice
of Nigeria to maintain multiple foreign accounts, and backed calls for the
CJN’s resignation.
“You can’t fight corruption
selectively, Onnoghen should spare the Judiciary the trauma,” Obasanjo said.
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