Buhari left huge mess for Tinubu – Ex-Lagos APC chair

Well, they took Asiwaju (Tinubu) to court. But didn’t he win the legal tussle at the end of the day? That to me is the most important thing. The irony of the whole drama is this; number one, Atiku will never give up without going to court. When you look at his antecedents, you will see that he has never given up and congratulated his opponent before without going all the way to the Supreme Court. Atiku did it to Yar’Adua and Goodluck Jonathan. In fact, he did the same to Buhari twice. So, the former VP is a customer and he is someone we understand. There is no way you will defeat him in a contest and he will not be willing to go to court. That is normal for him. He is somebody who will never concede defeat without first heading to the Supreme Court.

That is the other irony. How can someone who emerged as number three in a political contest claim he won an election? I really don’t understand it. Isn’t that an irony? In fact, Obi, the number three, even seemed to be contesting the result more than the number two man. Have you ever heard that before? I am talking about someone who came far third now claiming to have won the election. Well, it is only in Nigeria that you can have such a thing.

Politicians have bastardised the entire system and there is no way they intend to give up. They will always lament when they feel the judgment will not favour them. It is not unusual to hear them say, ‘The judiciary has been hijacked’, ‘The judiciary has been bought over’, and ‘The judiciary is in distress.’ If it is in their favour, they will sing to the highest heaven as if the justices are some form of angels. But if it is not in their favour, they will sing another song. It is unfortunate.

No way. I don’t see that happening because they are still bitter. I am saying this because this is perhaps the last opportunity for somebody like Atiku to achieve his lifelong dream of becoming president. So, he is still bitter, especially against Asiwaju in person. That is also because he feels that he is above everybody. They believe they can control and manipulate Nigeria in any way they want because of the money they have. Otherwise, why was it too difficult for him to accept defeat in all the years he has been contesting? Atiku is a consistent election striker. If he doesn’t win, he will fight and go to the Supreme Court. They feel that money is enough to make them emerge as president of this country. It is high time they realised there are certain things money cannot buy. One of them is the conscience of Nigerians.

 No. People should know that the economy has been destroyed for a long time and everybody that came in has been building on a collapsing bridge. If care is not taken, that bridge will give way and Nigeria will be bankrupt. This is why I pity those who are fighting to be leaders of Nigeria today. The economy is bad and terrible. And what is going on all over the world today is affecting us seriously. We have 25 per cent inflation. Ghana has 35 per cent. Go to London, you will observe that the ‘One Pound Shop’ they used to have is now ‘One Pound Plus.’

It is also important for us to consider the equivalent of foreign currency to naira now. Let’s assume a pound is N1,500. If you want to eat, you cannot conveniently use that one pound to buy anything in London; not even bread. Yet, you can use the naira equivalent which is N1,500 to eat two or three times. At least, I know some people who will take N500 to eat in one sitting. That alone is luxury. Even if they buy N200 garri to eat, they will be okay. This is something you cannot try in America where you can buy just one banana for one dollar. It used to be a bunch for a dollar before.

Inflation is everywhere. But we are still lucky that there is a control valve being created now. Honestly, this man patched everything up until he gave up and ran to Daura. He left the whole mess for Asiwaju to tackle. It will take only a bold leader to do what the President is doing now. That’s because others cannot do it. Just look at all the years we have been trying to remove subsidy until it took a man like Asiwaju to do it.

What do you think about Obasanjo’s recent aversion to Western democracy?

Why is Obasanjo just saying it? Why didn’t he say it when he was the president? The man was in the military and would not pretend not to know what democracy was all about. Why did he eventually go for it? Why is it that he doesn’t want another person to become president after enjoying himself for eight years? So, this is now the time he knows that Western democracy is not working. That is what is going on all over the world. Why must you be the only person going against it now? Does Obasanjo want to be communist or socialist? Which one does he want?

He is condemning something he has no replacement for. He should have introduced another system when he was there instead of seeing out your eight years. The problem with Obasanjo is that everything has to revolve around him. He doesn’t believe anybody can be more clever than him. That is why he has a knack for condemning every president that emerged after him. He expects them to come and take corrections from him. When they don’t, he will start condemning them through his letters. He is known for that.