The All Progressives Congress (APC) has condemned what it called verbal assault on some Oke Ogun traditional rulers by the former president, Olusegun Obasanjo in Iseyin on Friday.
APC in a statement by its Oyo state Publicity Secretary Comrade Wale Sadare on Sunday lashed out at the former President for his outburst on the traditional rulers as well as ordering them to stand up and then sit down at the commissioning of LAUTECH campus in Iseyin
According to Oyo APC, Chief Obasanjo’s verbal assault against the traditional rulers was not accidental or coincidental but premeditated, scripted and purposely delivered as a prize to people who had defied the former president on his mission to enthrone Mr. Peter Obi of the Labour Party against the popular choice of Senator Bola Ahmed Tinubu of the APC in the last presidential election.
“It is evident that Chief Obasanjo used the avenue of his invitation to the road project commissioning to get back at certain individuals who openly rejected his presidential candidate, Peter Obi, in the build up to the last general election”, it said.
Oyo APC added, “We recall that one of the monarchs on seat appeared on some private radio stations during the electioneering and mobilised support for Tinubu who won the election eventually. This did not go down well with the former president and he used the opportunity handed down to him by Governor Makinde to hit back at his target”.
“We condemn in strong term the conduct of Chief Obasanjo who threw decorum into the wind on account of being a former president and chose to desecrate the rich culture and traditions of the Yoruba people”.
According to Oyo APC, ” By assaulting the monarchs, who were at the occasion on invitation, the Owu-born former President had shown to the world that he was not worth his status as a statesman, title chief and leader on the African continent.’
“It is on record that despite ruling Nigeria for a combined period of 12 years, Obasanjo did not make a.significant impact on the lives of the people of Oyo state as the best he did (and still does) was removing an elected governor of the state and refusing to add value in the areas of infrastructure, wealth creation and empowerment of our people”.
So, the good people of the Pacesetter state do not hold him in high esteem and they expect little or nothing from him even if has another opportunity to become president again in future”.
