A founding member of Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF), Alhaji Tanko Yakasai, has said former president Olusegun Obasanjo would destroy the country if he continues to indirectly support Southern agenda against the North through his unguarded speeches especially at a time the country is heavily divided.
Obasanjo had warned the Buhari administration over growing insecurity in the country and the President's indifference toward atrocities committed by herdsmen in the country.
The former president said unless Buhari takes decisive action to address the growing tensions in the country, another 'Rwanda-type genocide' would be inevitable.
However, Yakasai in a reaction to Obasanjo's warning, said Obasanjo is known with the attitude making reckless speeches and writing “unpatriotic” letters to the past leaders of the country.
The elder statesman who made the statement while speaking to journalists in Kano, said all letters written by Obasanjo to past Nigerian leaders were never inspired by patriotism but selfish interests. He said one of the letters Obasanjo wrote during the reign of late Sani Abacha, former military head of state, landed him in prison.
“The actions of General Olusegun Obasanjo are, indeed, an open invitation for disaster for this country with the kind of hate speeches and messages that are flying all over the country,” Yakasai said in the statement.
“I don’t see patriotism in General Obasanjo’s letters. In fact, all the letters written by General Obasanjo to all Military Heads of State and Presidents of the Federal Republic of Nigeria are not guided by patriotic considerations.
“My experience with Nigerian political situation is that the top echelons of the Military are always fighting one another, either when in the service or when on retirement.
“It is from this angle that I always view most of the writings of General Olusegun Obasanjo to any military officer who is a Head of State or President in Nigeria as unpatriotic. Even the ones he wrote to former Presidents Goodluck Jonathan and the late Umar Musa Yar’Adua were not patriotic. They were guided by selfish interest.
“General Obasanjo did it during Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida’s era. He did it during the late General Sani Abacha’s regime, which later resulted to accusations that he was trying to overthrow the government, which eventually led to his imprisonment.
“General Olusegun Obasanjo also wrote a number of letters during General Abdulsalami Abubakar’s regime; and he is still writing letters in this current presidency of General Muhammadu Buhari. So, this attitude of writing unpatriotic letters has been part of General Olusegun Obasanjo.”