Running a democratic government is quite a different problem from running a military dictatorship. General Obasanjo would appear to have failed to appreciate this simple fact. As a matter of fact,i observed as early as September,1979,that Obasanjo had taken me for a novice who according to his book;NOT MY WILL, was pushed into power by those who wanted to make use of him and was unfortunately too weak and somewhat ill-prepared for the trappings of political power to check the abuse of power by those who made use of him. It is true that i did not court power and wanted to be nothing more than a senator but iam proud to have been pushed by millions of Nigerians while General Obasanjo was pushed by only a handful of military officers in the supreme military council after the fall of General Murtala when he reluctantly accepted the offer,even though he was definitely ill-prepared for the trappings of power. SHEHU SHAGARI: BECKONED TO SERVE
Posted on: Fri, 18 Jul 2014 17:03:07 +0000
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