Peter Obi: You Create A Problem For Us And Act Like You Want To Solve It – Ex-Minister, Akinyemi Blasts Obasanjo

A Former Minister of External Affairs, Prof Bola Akinyemi, has condemned former president Olusegun Obasanjo for suggesting a presidential candidate for Nigerians in the upcoming 2023 elections.

Obasanjo, in a New Year letter to the Nigerian youths, endorsed Peter Obi as the most qualified candidate to lead Nigeria into a new beginning.

He noted that none of the presidential candidates are saints, but when compared in terms of knowledge, discipline and what they can offer, Obi has an edge.

However, Akinyemi, while reacting to the former Nigerian leader’s endorsement on Channels TV’s Sunday Politics.  Insisted that Obasanjo is not in the position to recommend a candidate for Nigerians.

According to him, Obasanjo is part of those who brought the country to ruin and ought to keep his political opinion to himself.

He advised the former president to go home and retire like Yakubu Gowon and  Abdusallami Abubakar, who no longer meddle in the country’s affairs.

He said: “Don’t let us spend this programme on Gen Obasanjo’s letter or ideas because some of us believe he also is part of the foundation of the problems that we have in this country.

“One of the things that I have said is once you have occupied that post of president and you have served your term, please go home and be like Gen [Yakubu] Gowon, be like Gen Abdulsalami [Abubakar], just be quiet…and let others get on.

“But for you to create a problem for us and then you come back and present yourself as a problem solver, I find it difficult to swallow.

“I know some people say ‘ignore the messenger and just focus on the message’. I’m sorry, I am a political scientist, that doesn’t rob with me.”