Nigerians should ask Obasanjo if he is planning a coup against Jonathan – Fayose
The Ekiti State Governor, Ayo Fayose, has asked Nigerians to find out from former President Olusegun Obasanjo whether he is planning a coup or knows people planning to execute one going by Obasanjo’s recent fear that there could be a coup plot in the country.
Speaking in Ado-Ekiti on Wednesday through his Chief Press Secretary, Idowu Adelusi, the governor said Nigerians needed to ask Obasanjo what formed the basis of his recent utterances.
Fayose said: “At his age, one would expect that the former President should stop peddling rumours, as this may cause confusion in the polity.
“Being a former military leader and also a retired general, whatever Obasanjo says will carry weight and some people will believe that. Or is it that General Obasanjo has some ‘boys’ touting the idea of a coup?
“May be he is the person planning one. But whatever the case is, coup making and plotting are no longer in vogue in the world. Anybody thinking along such a line will be swimming against the tide and the consequences are there.
“After he said he has quit politics and publicly tore his Peoples Democratic Party membership card, peace has returned to the PDP. Obasanjo should wait till after the elections when his candidate will be trounced and see how jubilant Nigerians will celebrate the victory for the continuation of democracy.
SOURCE: http://www.ereporter.com.ng/index.php/political-news/item/4212-nigerians-should-ask-obasanjo-if-he-is-planning-a-coup-against-jonathan-fayose
Speaking in Ado-Ekiti on Wednesday through his Chief Press Secretary, Idowu Adelusi, the governor said Nigerians needed to ask Obasanjo what formed the basis of his recent utterances.
Fayose said: “At his age, one would expect that the former President should stop peddling rumours, as this may cause confusion in the polity.
“Being a former military leader and also a retired general, whatever Obasanjo says will carry weight and some people will believe that. Or is it that General Obasanjo has some ‘boys’ touting the idea of a coup?
“May be he is the person planning one. But whatever the case is, coup making and plotting are no longer in vogue in the world. Anybody thinking along such a line will be swimming against the tide and the consequences are there.
“After he said he has quit politics and publicly tore his Peoples Democratic Party membership card, peace has returned to the PDP. Obasanjo should wait till after the elections when his candidate will be trounced and see how jubilant Nigerians will celebrate the victory for the continuation of democracy.
SOURCE: http://www.ereporter.com.ng/index.php/political-news/item/4212-nigerians-should-ask-obasanjo-if-he-is-planning-a-coup-against-jonathan-fayose
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