2023: Obasanjo under fire over Obi endorsement via politicsngr
A former member of the House of Representatives, Usman Bugaje has faulted former President Olusegun Obasanjo’sBugaje, also a former Political Adviser to the presidency during the administration of Obasanjo, spoke in an interview on Channels Television’s programme,The former National Assembly member said he does not understand what objective criteria Obasanjo used to arrive at his decision to support Obi.
He warned that Nigerians should not just digest what the former president said without scrutinising Obasanjo’s record.“I was in the National Assembly when he tried to extend his tenure by changing the constitution. We have to stand up to him in that respect. “I won’t find him as a person to trust on things he says. He is free to say those things. What we need to do is to guide voters to make the right decision.
“We are at the precipice. We need a leadership that can pull us back from the precipice, a leader that can strengthen the institutions, by fostering more cohesion, a leadership that can build elite consensus around which direction the country could go.“We need a leadership that can unite us, that can focus on where the country should go in the next 10 or 20 years.
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