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Former President of Nigeria, Olusegun Obasanjo, has said Yoruba leaders
must do more to rescue the nation from collapse and maladministration,
during a visit to the leaders of the pan-Yoruba socio-political
organisation, Afenifere.
“Our priority is now one. If we do not join hands to repair this country
now, it will collapse and this could be disastrous, he said at the
residence of the leader of the group, Pa Reuben Fasoranti in Akure, Ondo
State.
“I remember visiting Pa Abraham Adesanya thrice in Lagos before the 1999
election and I was asked to join Afenifere and Alliance for Democracy
then, but I told them that AD was a cul-de-sac.
“Pa Abraham told me that if I joined, things would change; but I refused
to join them. I went back the second time, but they refused to work for my
emergence.
“I went there again the third time, but Afenifere maintained their stand.
They refused to vote for me; but I secured my votes outside Yorubaland,
though they supported me in 2003 for my re-election.
“We want to encourage you in your struggle to make Nigeria the best, said
Afenifere leader, Pa Fasoranti, in his response.
“You are fearless and that is one of the traits of a good leader.
“We have been watching you; and your dreams of a better Nigeria shall be
realised.
“Nigerians are at a crossroads; we are tired of the killings, kidnapping
going on across the country and the President is mute about it.
“We are in full support of all the letters written by Obasanjo to
President Muhammadu Buhari on the state of the nation. We are dissatisfied
with the state of affairs in the country. The country is not being run
properly.
“Nothing is being done properly in this country presently. Look at the
killings in the North. The President is very silent about it.