Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has called on Nigerians not to trust any Nigerian politician that claims youths or concerned citizens bought their registration form for.
Several presidential aspirants have announced that either youths or constituents bought and presented them with the form.
Among them are: Ex-Vice-President Atiku Abubakar; former Senate President Bukola Saraki; Governor Aminu Tambuwal; former governor Peter Obi. Everyone of them belong to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).
Obasanjo gave the advice in Lagos during a colloquium with the theme, “The African Christian Leadership: Radical Transformation in Unsettled Times.”
The occasion was to mark the 61st birthday of Pastor Ituah Ighodalo. Chief Obasanjo revealed that Nigeria’s problem is entirely about leadership.
He said the constitution, which many have attributed Nigeria’s challenges to, was crafted by the military that gathered the best brains in the land at that time to draft it.
The former President explained that, “Today, they are paying N40m. Some of them (aspirants) even said it is some youths who bought it for them. In fact anybody who would come out to tell you such a lie, you shouldn’t vote for him. Which youths gathered N40m? If you want to buy it, buy it and tell us. You don’t need to lie to us.”
The former President said the problems confronting Nigeria at the moment can only be surmounted by good leadership, noting that Nigeria needed a change of leadership.
“If you say, ‘what is wrong with Nigeria’, leadership. If you say, ‘what do you have to do about Nigeria’, leadership. If you say, ‘where are we taking Nigeria? Leadership.’
He added that Nigeria can gather the best constitutions in the world, if those who would implement were not people with the right attitude and orientation, nothing can be achieved.
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