Obasanjo Is Anti-Yoruba - Afenifere Chieftain, Ayo Adebanjo

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Obasanjo Is Anti-Yoruba - Afenifere Chieftain, Ayo Adebanjo

Ayo Adebanjo, chieftain of Afenifere, has insisted that former president, Olusegun Obasanjo was anti-Yoruba.

Adebanjo stated this while accusing the former president of humiliating the late nationalist, Obafemi Awolowo.

He said Obasanjo humiliated Awolowo when the latter visited Obasanjo after he became the military Head of State, following the assassination of Maj. Gen. Murtala Mohammed on February 13, 1976,

Adebanjo spoke during the presentation of his autobiography in Lagos, yesterday.

According to Adebanjo, “There are many incidents to show that Obasanjo is anti-Yoruba. He has no interest in, or sympathy for the Yoruba cause, he only has his own interest for everything he does. That is my conclusion, and I have copious evidence to prove it.”

The Afenifere chieftain also blamed the former president for the collapse of the Alliance for Democracy, AD.

He claimed that Obasanjo collapsed AD by appointing the late presidential aspirant, Bola Ige against the wish of the party.

“As far as I am concerned, the moment Bola Ige joined Obasanjo’s government, following his (Bola Ige) loss of AD’s presidential primaries where he polled six votes against Chief Olu Falae’s 17, marked the beginning of the end of the party. In my opinion, these are the scenarios which led to the collapse of the AD,” Adebanjo said.

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Obasanjo Failed As Civilian President, His 8yrs Tenure Was Tragedy and Calamity - Adebanjo

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Obasanjo Failed As Civilian President, His 8yrs Tenure Was Tragedy and Calamity - Adebanjo

Ayo Adebanjo, a chieftain of Afenifere, has described former President Olusegun Obasanjo’s tenure between 1999 and and 2007 as a “tragedy and calamity.”

Adebanjo said Obasanjo’s scorecard as a civilian president was nothing to write home about.

He stated this in chapter 13 of the 233-page autobiography titled “Tell it as it is” which was presented in Lagos yesterday.

In chapter 13 of the 233-paged book, titled, ‘Awolowo, Obasanjo and the Yoruba Nation,’ Adebanjo said Obasanjo failed “woefully on all counts as president.”

Adebanjo wrote: “The man who carried on as if he was all-in-all failed woefully on all counts as President. His eight-year tenure (1999-2007) was a tragedy.

“His scorecard was nothing to write home about. What did he do in eight years? Before he came, we were buying fuel for N20 per litre, and crude oil was $23 per barrel.

“In 2007, under his regime, we were buying fuel at N75 per litre, and crude oil was between $65 and $75 per barrel. In the worst days of Abacha, one dollar was over N120.”

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