OpEd: Obj's Letter, Religion and Conflict By Richard Odusanya | Sahara Reporters
Nobel laureate, Wole Soyinka, once described Olusegun Obasanjo, as a ‘hypocrite’ who has crossed the red line several times. Mr Obasanjo is “one of the greatest hypocritical leaders this nation ever had”. Mr Koiki Kolawole added his voice when he took the microphone and dropped a bomb: “If Obasanjo was not born, Nigeria would have been a better place.” I believe many people’s blood curdled as my own blood did on hearing such a statement being made by a mortal, an elder, to a public audience.
So it is an insult to say/infer that those people do not matter and that it is the relics of slavery and colonisation that would determine how we see and govern ourself. I think, unapologetically, that we should hold the Christians and Muslims responsible for the decadence in the country and bar them from holding office in Nigeria for some time, if we want to apply reason and level of achievement.
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