The Arewa Youth Consultative
Forum (AYCF) has lambasted
former President, Olusegun
Obasanjo for his attacks on
President Muhammadu Buhari.
Obasanjo recently advised
Nigerians not to re-elect Buhari in
2019.
But the group in a statement
signed by its National President,
Alhaji Yerima Shettima, on Friday,
slammed the ex president for the
comment.
“For quite some time, former
President Olusegun Obasanjo has
turned himself into a self-
appointed messiah in the efforts
to define the political and
democratic future of this country.
“And the result of this
meddlesomeness by the former
president has been disastrous for
the country,” the group said.
AYCF said that it is disgusting that
the former president is still bent
on interfering with Nigeria’s
leadership problems created by
people like him.
The group said that it has noticed
that the former president has
made it a duty to lampoon
President Buhari at every given
opportunity, in a desperate bid to
portray himself as Nigeria’s democratic superman.
“Much as we are equally
disappointed in the underperformance of President
Buhari, we are not blinded by the
fact that Obasanjo has no moral
high ground for his repeated attacks on Buhari.
“The current president may
have his serious shortcomings but
he is still morally a better leader
than Obasanjo.
“We challenge Obasanjo to tell
us any of the current political and
economic difficulties confronting
the nation that are not connected
to his meddlesomeness and
manipulations. Let him exonerate himself from the current mess
facing the country, if at all he can.
“It will no longer be acceptable
for any old cargo to decide the
fate of over 160 million Nigerians.
We have had enough of this
domineering old men in the
democratic space and we are now saying its over,” it noted.
AYCF urged Nigerians of good
conscience to ignore Obasanjo’s
rantings and face the reality of
this defining moment in the
history of the nation.
“We have warned, whoever has
ear, let him hear!” the
statement concluded.
