Presidency Accuses Obasanjo Of Dividing Nigeria

The Presidency has accused former President Olusegun Obasanjo of dividing Nigeria.
An article signed by the President’s Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, and made available to newsmen alleged that a recent statement by the former President was an attempt to divide the nation.
Garba Shehu, yesterday claimed that President Muhammadu Buhari had continued to promote nation-building and the unity of Nigeria and maintained that the difference between the two leaders was clear.
“The difference is clear. From the lofty heights of Commander-in-Chief, General Obasanjo has descended to the lowly level of Divider-in-Chief (to adapt the coinage of Time).
“Before responding further to the unfair attacks on President Buhari and his administration by the former President, it is important that we categorically state that contrary to the assertions by a few analysts, the recent speech in which President Buhari advised West African Presidents against tenure elongation beyond constitutional limits has been consistent with his long-held views on the need to adhere to the rule of law.
“Even though he tried it and failed, the recent uptick in the number of such leaders proposing to do, or actually carrying on in office beyond term limits is sufficient to cause concern among democrats in the sub-region given its prospects of destabilising the states and the region.
“President Buhari’s advocacy is consistent with his principles and in line with the current policies of his administration and indeed that of the ECOWAS Charter which is that term limits must be respected and that the change of government is only permissible through the ballot box.
“Having cleared this misperception, we hope that Chief Obasanjo would once again sheathe the sword and rest the pretentiousness about the Messiah that has (mis)led him to pronounce often wrongly, as he disastrously did in the 2019 elections, about the life and death of Nigerian governments,” he said.