Buhari romancing with politicians who destroyed Nigeria for 16yrs —Shekarau

October 07, 2015 at 7:02 am


…vows to remain in PDP


By Henry Umoru

ABUJA—IMMEDIATE past Minister of Education, Mallam
Ibrahim Shekarau, said yesterday, that President Muhammadu
Buhari was romancing with politicians who destroyed Nigeria
for 16 years.

Shekarau, who spoke in an interview with newsmen in Abuja,
wondered why the President was now romancing former
President Olusegun Obasanjo, who, according to him, ruled the
country for eight of Peoples Democratic Party’s 16 years of
administering Nigeria.

Reacting to President Buhari’s claim that he came to right the
wrongs of 16 years mess created by the PDP, the former
governor, who is also a member of the PDP review
committee, described all the political parties as necessary evil.

He said: “Buhari has said that he has come to right the
wrongs of 16-year mess by the PDP. So, I said, ‘Mr.
President you are welcome, but reminded that 10 of those 16
years belong to ex-President Obasanjo.

‘’He had his eight years and by indirect remote control, two
years of late President Umaru Yar’Adua was Obasanjo’s. And
Obasanjo was the one who produced Yar’Adua and Jonathan.

Until three years ago when they fell out (Obasanjo and
Jonathan), Obasanjo was in charge.

“Obasanjo today belongs to those who are chief advisers to
President Muhammadu Buhari. Governor of Kaduna State,
Mallam Nasiru El-Rufai, was one of the major hit men of
Obasanjo, my former governor, Rabiu Kwankwaso, was one of
the boys of Obasanjo as well as former Governors Bukola
Saraki, Goje and all the rest of them.

“They were part of those 16 years which President Buhari was
saying that PDP messed up Nigeria, and today because they
are APC, they are saints. They are now surrounding the
President as his chief advisers. The Amaechis are all part of
the PDP.

“All the election crisis that President Buhari was accusing PDP
of perpetrating were a creation of these people, the same who
are with him now.

“So what sense does it make that I said you are thief for 16
years, I have come to correct the wrongs that you did and
now I am calling you the chief adviser in order to right the
wrongs that you committed.

“Does it make sense? We are waiting to see how they will
come out of this.”