Ekiti State Governor, Mr Ayodele Fayose has urged former President, Chief<\/p>\n
Olusegun Obasanjo to stop attacking the immediate past President, Dr
\nGoodluck Jonathan, saying; \u201cDr Goodluck Jonathan is no longer the
\npresident of Nigeria, he should be allowed to live a private life devoid
\nof mudslinging from elder statesmen like Chief Obasanjo.\u201d<\/p>\n
Governor Fayose said he was miffed that former President Obasanjo could
\nchoose the 11th Convocation Lecture of Benson Idahosa University (BIU)
\nBenin, Edo State to say that \u201cperformance of Jonathan while in office will
\nhunt the people of the South-South region for a long time to come.\u201d
\nIn a statement issued in Ado-Ekiti on Monday by his Special Assistant on
\nPublic Communications and New Media, Lere Olayinka, the governor said the
\npeople of the South South had already demonstrated their approval of
\nJonathan\u2019s performance while in office by voting overwhelmingly for him on
\nMarch 28 despite the gang-up orchestrated by Chief Obasanjo and his
\nallies.<\/p>\n
\u201cMost importantly, Jonathan\u2019s performance as a democrat has been widely
\nacknowledged locally and internationally, particularly by President
\nMohammadu Buhari, who on many occasions acknowledged the role he
\n(Jonathan) played in midwifing a peaceful and successful transition
\nprogramme, thereby averting the feared crisis in the country.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis is in contrast to Baba Obasanjo, who tried third term when he was
\nabout concluding his constitutional two terms. And who knows whether he
\nwould have tried fourth term if he had succeeded with his third term
\nagenda?<\/p>\n
\u201cThe reality is, assuming but not conceding that Jonathan performed below
\nexpectation, democratic governance that he established in Nigeria is more
\nimportant than any other performance that Obasanjo alluded to,\u201d the
\ngovernor said.<\/p>\n
Speaking further, Governor Fayose urged Obasanjo to stop running other
\nNigerians down, saying; \u201cWe are all stakeholders in the country Nigeria.
\nIt is wrong for any Nigerian no matter how highly placed to go about
\ncarrying himself around as the only honest and lover of the country.\u201d<\/p>\n
The governor said; \u201csince Baba Obasanjo has openly destroyed his Peoples
\nDemocratic Party (PDP) membership card, he is free to go about seeking
\nrelevance in the All Progressives Congress (APC) without running anyone
\ndown.\u201d<\/p>\n
He said people living in glass houses should avoid throwing stones, adding
\nthat Nigerians know those involved in the Halliburton scandal and people
\nwho are yet to be cleared of their alleged complicity in a scam like
\nHalliburton lacked moral rights to brand other people as corrupt.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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