Politics
God Will Never Forgive Me If I Support Atiku For President – Obasanjo
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo says ex-vice president Atiku Abubakar “can never enjoy” his support for a political office.
He said God will never forgive him if he backs Atiku’s presidential ambition.
Atiku served as vice-president to Obasanjo from 1999 to 2007. He aspired to succeed Obasanjo in 2003 but the elder statesman went ahead to complete another term.
By 2007 when Obasanjo’s second term ended, both men had fallen apart. Obasanjo’s alleged third term agenda was also said to have worsened their dispute.
In an interview with Premium Times, Obasanjo said he has no personal grudges against Atiku but only works with anyone “working for the good of Nigeria”.
“If I support Atiku for anything, God will not forgive me. If I do not know, yes. But once I know, Atiku can never enjoy my support,” he was quoted as saying.
“It is not a question of working with or not working with an individual. If you are working for the good of Nigeria, I am working with you. If you are not working for the good of Nigeria, it does not matter who you are, I am not working with you.
“I do not have personal grudges with anyone. If you do not do well for Nigeria, you do not do well for all of us.”
He added that his opposition to Abubakar’s ambition is only within the political sector and does not translate to other spheres of their lives.
“If my children are getting married, he has sent representatives. If his children are getting married, I have sent representatives. That is social. That is not political,” he said, adding that “on political ground, my position has not changed. If I support Atiku for a political office other than the one I supported him in the past when I did not know him … God will not forgive me”.
Wole Soyinka, Nobel laureate, said Thursday that Obasanjo “knelt down” before Atiku in a bid to clinch the ticket of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for the 2003 election.
Anonymous
August 4, 2018 at 7:17 pm
God will not forgive obasanjo ontill he tell the world what he know.s about nigerian the evill in nigerian he is playing politics with tell the world the heeding agendas the evill in nigerian he know.s them all
Anonymous
August 4, 2018 at 6:06 pm
What is Obasanjo saying Na?is there anything that God cannot forgive,him don pray for him own..
Anonymous
August 4, 2018 at 5:07 pm
Have God forgiven you for supporting Buhari in 2015?Remember you must pay for all this your evil against humanity ,
Anonymous
August 4, 2018 at 4:44 pm
chaiii
Anonymous
August 4, 2018 at 4:00 pm
EVEN BEFORE NOW
Anonymous
August 4, 2018 at 3:55 pm
God want to forgive u before?
Anonymous
August 4, 2018 at 3:49 pm
If you like support Atiku if you like don’t support him yet God will not forgive you Obasanjo.
Anonymous
August 4, 2018 at 3:32 pm
Birds of the same feathers, SD implicating
Anonymous
August 4, 2018 at 3:12 pm
Atiku will sanitize everyone including me but I don’t think we are there yet God will help us
Anonymous
August 4, 2018 at 3:01 pm
Dey bible said will shuld fogive, so baba fogive atikwu oooo,
Anonymous
August 4, 2018 at 2:53 pm
This is d beginning of PDP problem and it emerge’s Biafra nation!
Anonymous
August 4, 2018 at 2:44 pm
Okeyyyyyyyy
This was settled in God’s presence?????
So, Atiku what did you forgot at Aso Villa?
I support what was settled.
Anonymous
August 4, 2018 at 2:24 pm
Lol , What Babajide of TVC said is right, Obasonjo don’t forgive, he still have Atiku in mind
Anonymous
August 4, 2018 at 2:11 pm
No need, they people you supported before were are they, old Baboo
Anonymous
August 4, 2018 at 1:51 pm
God is already angry with u for voting Buhari in.
Anonymous
August 4, 2018 at 1:49 pm
Nigeria has expired and can only get worse so let separate peacefully OK
Anonymous
August 4, 2018 at 1:48 pm
Confusion everywhere
Anonymous
August 4, 2018 at 1:36 pm
Hahahahahahaha