Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has
described himself as the watchman of Nigerian politics due to the role
he now plays in the country’s polity, and urged all Nigerians to engage
in participatory democracy in order to vote for credible leaders who are
patriotic.
FORMER NIGERIAN PRESIDENT O.B.J |
Director of Media and Publicity of the
Action Democratic Party’s Presidential Campaign Organisation, Mr. Pam
Ibrahim, quoted Obasanjo as saying this while addressing the
presidential candidate of the party, Mr. Yabagi Sani, who visited him in
Abeokuta, Ogun State.
Obasanjo was said to have described as
undemocratic, the attitude of some politicians who heat up the polity by
undermining and denigrating other Nigerians through thuggery and
harassment of innocent citizens.
Describing his role in Nigerian politics
as a “watchman who is expected to be vigilant and raise the alarm
whenever it is necessary”, the former president added that Nigeria is on
a journey that has three phases.
He expressed the hope that ADP, as an
emerging political force, will key into this journey to nationhood and
provide good leadership, in view of the calibre of its members,
especially as Nigerians are yearning for responsible leadership.
Speaking earlier, the leader of the
delegation and presidential candidate of the ADP, Sani, informed the
former president that his decision to run for the number one office in
the country was borne out of the fact that Nigerians are frustrated with
a directionless leadership, where hopelessness and insecurity have
become the order of the day.
“We are in a country where the security
of citizens is no longer guaranteed, giving the crime rate we experience
on a daily basis, especially insurgency, armed robbery and kidnappings
across the country”, he said.
Sani, who extolled the leadership
virtues of the former president appealed to him not to relent in
providing useful contribution that would lead to rekindling the hopes of
Nigerians for a better future.
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