Former Senate Chief Whip, Rowland Owie, has advised president-elect,
Muhammadu Buhari to be wary of former President Olusegun Obasanjo if he
wishes to succeed as Nigeria’s leader.
In a statement in Benin
City, capital of Edo State, on Wednesday, Owie said: “To Buhari, I thank
God for you, but you must deliver on your promises and also build on
what president Jonathan did.
“Above all, you must run far from OBJ! (Olusegun Obasanjo). If he can’t control your government, he will fight you.
“He
has done it to all former presidents of Nigeria and even against MKO
Abiola who was not sworn in. Never! Never! I say never discuss with OBJ
unless you have at least two of your aides present!”
He added;
“Half way into the tenure of President Goodluck Jonathan, a man who sees
nothing good in anybody, except himself, Obasanjo, started trouble
making by naming presidential and vice-presidential candidates.
“First,
it was Governor Sule Lamido as president and Governor Rotimi Amaechi as
his Deputy! A respectable Lamido, a founding father of PDP, was being
urged to fight PDP.
“Obasanjo lured most PDP governors in the
North into rebellion against the PDP to destroy the platform that gave
all of them relevance, including himself. The hate mood in the North for
this election against Jonathan was such that, any candidate from the
North would have won the election.
“The anger was that power must
return to the North. Nigerians can see that rebellion against one’s own
and betrayer of one’s party doesn’t pay.
“Governor Aliyu
Babangìda of Niger State, who led the rebellion against Jonathan and the
PDP, lost his election to the Senate and also lost his state.”
Owie therefore called on PDP members across the country to wake up so that the party can be rebuilt.
“When
Our Lord Jesus Christ was crucified and buried on the Good Friday,
nobody, apart from the mother, the Blessed Virgin Mary, knew that Christ
would rise from the grave on the third day. PDP shall rise again,” he
said.
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