The Presidency has disregarded the advice by former President Olusegun Obasanjo calling on Buhari to meet with the leader of the Indigenous Peoples of Biafra.
The President’s Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Mr. Femi Adesina, while commenting on the Obasanjo’s advice said the ex-president only expressed his personal opinion.
He said, “It is an opinion that he has proffered and when you proffer an opinion, it is not a law or a rule. It is now left for the person who was given the advice to consider it.”
Meanwhile, northern elder statesmen, Dr Junaid Muhammed and Alhaji Balarabe Musa disagreed with Obasanjo over his comments on IPOB agitations, saying he lacked credibility.
The former president was quoted to have said the deployment of troops in the South- East was not the solution to the Biafran agitation. He also said Buhari should invite IPOB leaders for negotiations.
Muhammed, a Second Republic lawmaker, said, “The statement credited to Obasanjo, if he, indeed, said so, must be condemned by all right-thinking Nigerians. It is irresponsible and demoralising to the army and the police who are confronting terrorists wherever they are.
“It confirms that the ex-president is a hypocrite who is playing games with even the sacred ideals of our national existence.
“Obasanjo without recourse to parliament deployed Nigerian armed forces to Zaki Biam in Benue State and Odi in Bayelsa State.
“He did not seek any audience with those victims, and it is mischievous that the former president has now come up with some advice.”
Also, Balarabe Musa, former governor of old Kaduna State, said, “Obasanjo is not credible enough to give such advice. We are talking about a problem, but what did Obasanjo do when he was there?”.
