Following a recent damning verdict passed on immediate past administration of Dr Goodluck Jonathan by former President Olusegun Obasanjo, Ekiti State Governor, Ayodele Fayose, has risen in defence of Jonathan describing the Ijaw-born President as better than Obasanjo in almost every area.
It will be recalled that Obasanjo during the 11th convocation lecture of Benson Idahosa University, Benin, Edo State, declared that nobody should blame him for poor performance of Jonathan adding that “performance of Jonathan while in office will hunt the people of the South-South region for a long time to come.”
Fayose, who is one of the diehard supporters of former President Jonathan in a statement issued in Ado Ekiti, the state capital on Monday by his Special Assistant on Public Communications and New Media, Lere Olayinka, tore the non-performance apparel which Obasanjo decked Jonathan saying, “Most importantly, Jonathan’s performance as a democrat has been widely acknowledged locally and internationally, particularly by President Muhammadu Buhari, who on many occasions, acknowledged the role he (Jonathan) played in evolving a peaceful and successful transition programme, thereby averting crisis in the country.
“This is in contrast to Baba Obasanjo, who tried (to have a) third term when he was about concluding his constitutional two terms. And who knows whether he would have tried fourth term if he had succeeded with his third term agenda?
“The reality is, assuming but not conceding that Jonathan performed below expectation, the democratic governance that he established in Nigeria is more important than any other performance that Obasanjo alluded to,” he added.
“We are all stakeholders in Nigeria. It is wrong for any Nigerian, no matter how highly placed, to go about carrying himself around as the only honest and lover of the country.
“Since Baba Obasanjo has openly destroyed his Peoples Democratic Party membership card, he is free to go about seeking relevance in the All Progressives Congress without running anyone down.”
“People living in glass houses should avoid throwing stones,” Fayose added that, “Nigerians know those involved in the Halliburton scandal, and people who are yet to be cleared of their alleged complicity in a scam like Halliburton lacked moral rights to brand other people as corrupt.”
