Buhari Media Organisation (BMO) has flayed former President Olusegun Obasanjo for calling for the restructuring of the federation and new constitution for Nigeria.
The BMO in a release, signed by both the Chairman and Secretary of the organisation, Niyi Akinsiju and Cassidy Madueke noted that Obasanjo’s call for restructuring is a call for war and incitement of Nigerians against the President Muhammadu Buhari led administration.
Recall that Obasanjo made the call for a new constitution at a lecture in memory of the late founder of the Oodua Peoples Congress (OPC), Dr Frederick Fasehun in Lagos, hence enjoining President Buhari not to turn down the agitation for restructuring.
The BMO claimed, “that Obasanjo’s comments during the lecture amounted to a call for anarchy and must be condemned.”
The group flayed Obasanjo for not noting in his lecture that the matter of Constitution review was already before the National Assembly, with a Committee already set up for the development.
The release reads in part:
“The most pretentious, and in fact where Obasanjo’s hackneyed hypocrisy came to play, was when he did not admit his failures as President when he held the reins of power.
“Obasanjo as President had the opportunity to work with the National Assembly to bring about the reforms he is suggesting today; but rather than do this, he chose to manipulate the National Assembly at every point for his selfish ambitions, and whenever they did not toe his line he used all manners of subterfuge, including, as alleged by many, bribing officials to sack the leadership of the National Assembly.
“This same Obasanjo, when he had an opportunity to work with the National Assembly to change Nigeria for the better, rather sought tenure elongation – a sinister move that fell flat and failed.”
