{"id":58862,"date":"2017-07-27T18:39:53","date_gmt":"2017-07-27T17:39:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=58862"},"modified":"2017-07-27T18:39:53","modified_gmt":"2017-07-27T17:39:53","slug":"obasanjo-used-atiku-makarfi-fayose","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/exclusive\/obasanjo-used-atiku-makarfi-fayose\/","title":{"rendered":"Obasanjo used me against Atiku, Makarfi \u2013 Fayose"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"m_-2097293304319925391amp-wp-title\">The Ekiti State Governor, Ayodele Fayose, has made some of the most far-reaching revelations yet about the years in office of former President Olusegun Obasanjo.<\/p>\n<div class=\"m_-2097293304319925391amp-wp-article-content\" dir=\"auto\">\n<p>Mr. Fayose said in the current edition of \u2018The Interview\u2019 that Obasanjo used him to wreck the presidential ambition of former Vice President Atiku Abubakar and the chance of former Kaduna State governor, Ahmed Makarfi, becoming the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, presidential candidate in 2007.<\/p>\n<p>He said in his naivety, Obasanjo also used him to attack former Abia State Governor, Orji Kalu, among other political foes.<\/p>\n<p>In a statement, the MD\/Editor-In-Chief, Azu Ishiekwene, described the edition as \u201ca window on a dark and troubling past and a must read for any important political figure who has crossed Fayose\u2019s path in the last 18 years.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Fayose told\u00a0<em>The Interview<\/em>\u00a0that the scale fell off his eyes when on a trip with former President Obasanjo to Tripoli, Libya, where Obasanjo had gone to ask Moummar Ghaddafi to support his Third Term bid, the former Libyan president treated Obasanjo like a serf.<\/p>\n<p>Recalling the encounter, he said, \u201cIt was such a pathetic scenario, so shameful. Obasanjo was speaking rapidly like a parrot. I was shocked beyond words. I never knew Obasanjo would be that humble.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe was on one knee till the end of the conversation. Ghadaffi kept quiet and was just watching Obasanjo. When Obasanjo stopped rambling, Ghadaffi said, \u2018Have you finished? Just know that I will not attend that meeting. I have other engagements.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He also revealed how on two major occasions when he went to visit then Vice President Atiku Abubakar at the height of Mr. Obasanjo\u2019s Third Term bid, security details promptly reported him to the former president, even before he left the venue, leaving him feeling spooky and vulnerable.<\/p>\n<div class=\"m_-2097293304319925391code-block m_-2097293304319925391code-block-3 m_-2097293304319925391amp-wp-inline-55b3a93f7a70dca2e89f8041462c7b4a\"><\/div>\n<p>On the Obasanjo-Atiku saga, Mr. Fayose said, \u201cObasanjo told me that when you capture a general and you don\u2019t kill him, he\u2019ll come back and kill you; that since Atiku tried to stop him and failed, he must pay for it. And he (Atiku) is still paying for it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In a statement that could reverberate beyond Nigeria\u2019s shores, Mr. Fayose said he knew, as an insider at the time, that Mr. Obasanjo betrayed former Liberian President, Charles Taylor to induce U.S. support for this Third Term bid, after promising Mr. Taylor safe haven in Nigeria.<\/p>\n<p>He revealed how the current chairman of the PDP, Ahmed Makarfi, was sidelined in favour of a sick and stubbornly reluctant Umaru Yar\u2019Adua and his role in it as chairman of the Presidential Selection Committee.<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Fayose warned Orji Kalu against \u201cselling\u201d the Igbo down the river \u201cfor cheap politics\u201d and blamed President Muhammadu Buhari\u2019s government for making IPOB leader Nnamdi Kanu popular.<\/p>\n<p>He also spoke on his attempts to reach President Muhammadu Buhari directly; former governor Kayode Fayemi\u2019s relationship with APC leader Bola Tinubu; and futile attempt to discourage former governor Peter Odili from accepting Mr. Obasanjo\u2019s dummy that he was heir apparent.<\/p>\n<p>Also in this edition, the Executive Director of Neem Foundation, a not-for-profit NGO, Fatima Akilu, said she foresaw problems even after the shooting war with Boko Haram.<\/p>\n<p>Ms. Akilu, a psychologist, warned that except there is a plan to deal with post-war stress and build inclusive communities, the gains of the military campaign could unravel.<\/p>\n<p>The edition also contains interviews with the first Nigerian in the Belgian parliament, Collins Nweke; conversations with poet, Dike Chukwumerije, and inside information in the corridors of power in\u00a0<em>Interview Confidential,<\/em>among others.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Ekiti State Governor, Ayodele Fayose, has made some of the most far-reaching revelations yet about the years in office of former President Olusegun Obasanjo. 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