The Lagos State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has dismissed former President, Olusegun Obasanjo’s claim that President Bola Tinubu’s administration is competing with that of the late Muhammadu Buhari in incompetence, describing the remark as “laughable and disgracefully hypocritical.”
Naija News reports that the rebuttal was contained in a statement issued on Tuesday by the party’s Publicity Secretary, Seye Oladejo.
Obasanjo, in his recently launched book, Nigeria: Past and Future, reviewed the country’s leaders since independence and concluded that Buhari’s administration was the “worst civil administration regime” in Nigeria’s history.
The former president wrote, “Only Bola Tinubu’s administration seems to be competing with Buhari’s for now.”
But the Lagos APC hit back, insisting Obasanjo lacked the moral authority to judge any leader.
“It is ironic that a man whose own time in office is remembered more for political arrogance, squandered opportunities, and failed democratic subversion would have the audacity to label anyone incompetent,” the party said.
Oladejo maintained that Tinubu’s policies, including fuel subsidy removal, foreign exchange reforms, and efforts to tackle inefficiencies, were bold steps that past leaders, including Obasanjo, “either broke or ignored.”
The statement read, “Obasanjo’s bitterness is well-known. He cannot control this government, and he resents that Nigeria has moved on from his brand of egocentric, do-or-die politics. His habit of attacking sitting presidents when he no longer holds relevance has become predictable and pathetic.”
The Lagos APC further accused Obasanjo of presiding over one of the most corrupt governments in Nigeria’s history.
Oladejo alleged, “Under Obasanjo, billions in power sector spending disappeared with zero results, the economy was handed off with more foreign debt than when he took office after claiming to have paid it off, the infamous third-term agenda nearly plunged the nation into constitutional crisis, and corruption flourished under the disguise of reforms.”
He advised the former president to “show some decorum” befitting his age, noting that “elders are expected to advise, not agitate.”
Reiterating its support for Tinubu, the Lagos APC stressed that the president was not in competition with anyone.
The statement added, “President Tinubu is not in a race with Obasanjo or anyone else. He is focused on the future. Nigeria is on a path of reform, recovery, and renewal and no amount of potshots from yesterday’s bitter men will derail that journey.
“If Nigeria is still recovering from years of structural rot, Obasanjo bears a huge chunk of the blame. The mess didn’t start with Buhari, and it certainly isn’t being deepened by Tinubu — it started long before, under the watch of men who now pretend to be saints.”
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