‘Don’t Repeat Your Statement': Obasanjo Gets Serious Warning From Former Minister
A former minister of
transport, Chief Ebenezer
Babatope has issued a stern
warning to former president
Olusegun Obasanjo over his
statement on Yoruba leadership.
Obasanjo had
written in his book, titled,
"My Watch: Political and Public
Affairs," that no individual
can be regarded as the leader
of the Yoruba people and that there was nothing like Yoruba
leadership in Yoruba land.
Babatope on Wednesday,
August 5, warned the former
president not to never say
that the supporters of the late
Chief Obafemi Awolowo
made him Yoruba leader and not the entire Yoruba people,
Daily Independent reports.
According to the former
minister, who is die-hard
supporter of the late
Awolowo, Obasanjo should produce evidence to back up
his claim or keep quiet.
"I believe that Obasanjo was
wrong in what he said about
Chief Awolowo even though
he has every right to his own
opinion.
But the opinion he
expressed about Chief Awolowo was wrong and I
have pointed that out to him
that it was very, very wrong.
"For example, he made
mention of the fact that a
meeting that took place in
Ibadan in 1966 that many
didn't agree with Awolowo's
choice as leader.
That is not true. There was no dissenting
opinion when Awolowo's
name was submitted.
It was a
meeting that was attended by
nearly all politicians of
different schools in Yoruba land at that time.
" He therefore, warned Obasnjo
to never repeat such
statement in future.
Obasanjo has been airing his
opinion on different issues,
from tarnishing the image of
immediate past president
Goodluck Jonathan to
criticising bad journalism.
He had claimed that the
immediate past coordinating
minister of the economy,
Ngozi Okonjo- Iweala,
changed under the regime of
Jonathan.
Sourcehttp:://www.potrixblog.com/2015/08/dont-repeat-your-statement-obasanjo.html?m=1
transport, Chief Ebenezer
Babatope has issued a stern
warning to former president
Olusegun Obasanjo over his
statement on Yoruba leadership.
Obasanjo had
written in his book, titled,
"My Watch: Political and Public
Affairs," that no individual
can be regarded as the leader
of the Yoruba people and that there was nothing like Yoruba
leadership in Yoruba land.
Babatope on Wednesday,
August 5, warned the former
president not to never say
that the supporters of the late
Chief Obafemi Awolowo
made him Yoruba leader and not the entire Yoruba people,
Daily Independent reports.
According to the former
minister, who is die-hard
supporter of the late
Awolowo, Obasanjo should produce evidence to back up
his claim or keep quiet.
"I believe that Obasanjo was
wrong in what he said about
Chief Awolowo even though
he has every right to his own
opinion.
But the opinion he
expressed about Chief Awolowo was wrong and I
have pointed that out to him
that it was very, very wrong.
"For example, he made
mention of the fact that a
meeting that took place in
Ibadan in 1966 that many
didn't agree with Awolowo's
choice as leader.
That is not true. There was no dissenting
opinion when Awolowo's
name was submitted.
It was a
meeting that was attended by
nearly all politicians of
different schools in Yoruba land at that time.
" He therefore, warned Obasnjo
to never repeat such
statement in future.
Obasanjo has been airing his
opinion on different issues,
from tarnishing the image of
immediate past president
Goodluck Jonathan to
criticising bad journalism.
He had claimed that the
immediate past coordinating
minister of the economy,
Ngozi Okonjo- Iweala,
changed under the regime of
Jonathan.
Sourcehttp:://www.potrixblog.com/2015/08/dont-repeat-your-statement-obasanjo.html?m=1
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