How Obasanjo is part of Nigeria’s problems – Lukman

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Salihu Lukman, a former national vice chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the North West, has charged former President Olusegun Obasanjo with contributing to Nigeria’s issues.

According to Lukman, Obasanjo and other former leaders have contributed to Nigeria’s problems since gaining independence by choosing to generate “anointed successors.”

He was responding to Obasanjo’s assertion that while leaders produced by Satan will inevitably fail, those selected by God will triumph.

The former president added that most leaders are prepared by God while speaking on a Zoom program called “Boiling Point Arena,” which was broadcast by a radio station in the capital of Ogun State, Abeokuta.

But as Nigeria looks for answers to its problems, Lukman said Obasanjo should have the guts to own up to his faults.

In an open letter titled “Satanic Leadership and Nigeria’s Boiling Point,” Lukman revealed this.

He urged the former president to acknowledge that all Nigerian leaders since independence have some of the blame for the nation’s current leadership issues and to quit focussing on the “vain glory” of his past.

As one of Nigeria’s privileged leaders, Obasanjo was asked to take responsibility by the former Director General of the Progressive Governors’ Forum, PGF.

Lukman said: “Your Excellency inadvertently institutionalized the practice of imposition of candidates in our political parties.

“Without going into details, you will recall how in PDP, ahead of the 2007 elections, under Your Excellency’s leadership, the practice of imposition of candidates became the political robe of the PDP.

“Eventually, being the ruling party for sixteen years, the imposition of candidates became an acceptable political rule.

“With imposition, basically, our democracy lost its bearing and became a shadow of the worst authoritarian system.

“The major challenges faced by Nigeria since independence are a result of attempts by past leaders, including Your Excellency, to produce ‘anointed’ successors.

“This has contributed to the political crises and the resulting social and economic challenges, which have worsened under successive administrations.”

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