The Ekiti State governor, Ayo Fayose, has revealed how former president Olusegun Obasanjo used him to scuttle the presidential ambition of ex-Vice President Atiku Abubakar and current chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Ahmed Makarfi.
Fayose said in the current edition of The Interview that Obasanjo wrecked the chance of Makarfi becoming the PDP presidential candidate in 2007 in favour of a “sick and stubbornly reluctant” Umaru Yar’Adua.
This was as he revealed his role in making this happen as then chairman of the PDP presidential selection committee.
The governor said in his naivety, Obasanjo used him to attack former Abia state governor, Orji Kalu, and other political enemies.
He said the scale fell off his eyes when on a trip with Obasanjo to Tripoli, Libya, where Obasanjo had gone to ask Muammar Ghaddafi to support his third term bid, the former Libyan president treated Obasanjo “like a serf”.
Recalling the encounter, Fayose said, “It was such a pathetic scenario, so shameful. Obasanjo was speaking rapidly like a parrot. I was shocked beyond words. I never knew Obasanjo would be that humble.
“He was on one knee till the end of the conversation. Ghadaffi kept quiet and was just watching Obasanjo. When Obasanjo stopped rambling, Ghadaffi said, ‘Have you finished? Just know that I will not attend that meeting. I have other engagements.”
He also revealed how on two major occasions when he went to visit Abubakar at the height of Obasanjo’s third term bid, security details promptly reported him to the former president, even before he left the venue, leaving him feeling spooky and vulnerable.
On the Obasanjo-Atiku quarrel, the governor said, “Obasanjo told me that when you capture a general and you don’t kill him, he’ll come back and kill you; that since Atiku tried to stop him and failed, he must pay for it. And he (Atiku) is still paying for it.”
He also disclosed that his insider knowledge made him know that Obasanjo betrayed former Liberian president, Charles Taylor to get United States’ support for this third term bid, after promising Taylor safe haven in Nigeria.
Fayose warned Orji Kalu against “selling” the Igbo down the river “for cheap politics” as he blamed President Muhammadu Buhari’s government for making IPOB leader, Nnamdi Kanu, popular
Courtesy: THEWILL
Fayose said in the current edition of The Interview that Obasanjo wrecked the chance of Makarfi becoming the PDP presidential candidate in 2007 in favour of a “sick and stubbornly reluctant” Umaru Yar’Adua.
This was as he revealed his role in making this happen as then chairman of the PDP presidential selection committee.
The governor said in his naivety, Obasanjo used him to attack former Abia state governor, Orji Kalu, and other political enemies.
He said the scale fell off his eyes when on a trip with Obasanjo to Tripoli, Libya, where Obasanjo had gone to ask Muammar Ghaddafi to support his third term bid, the former Libyan president treated Obasanjo “like a serf”.
Recalling the encounter, Fayose said, “It was such a pathetic scenario, so shameful. Obasanjo was speaking rapidly like a parrot. I was shocked beyond words. I never knew Obasanjo would be that humble.
“He was on one knee till the end of the conversation. Ghadaffi kept quiet and was just watching Obasanjo. When Obasanjo stopped rambling, Ghadaffi said, ‘Have you finished? Just know that I will not attend that meeting. I have other engagements.”
He also revealed how on two major occasions when he went to visit Abubakar at the height of Obasanjo’s third term bid, security details promptly reported him to the former president, even before he left the venue, leaving him feeling spooky and vulnerable.
On the Obasanjo-Atiku quarrel, the governor said, “Obasanjo told me that when you capture a general and you don’t kill him, he’ll come back and kill you; that since Atiku tried to stop him and failed, he must pay for it. And he (Atiku) is still paying for it.”
He also disclosed that his insider knowledge made him know that Obasanjo betrayed former Liberian president, Charles Taylor to get United States’ support for this third term bid, after promising Taylor safe haven in Nigeria.
Fayose warned Orji Kalu against “selling” the Igbo down the river “for cheap politics” as he blamed President Muhammadu Buhari’s government for making IPOB leader, Nnamdi Kanu, popular
Courtesy: THEWILL
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