Former Head of State, General Abdulsalami Abubakar , has revealed how he advised former President Olusegun Obasanjo against joining politics shortly after he was freed from detention.Abdulsalami subsequently handed over power to Obasanjo, who was elected president in 1999.
But in an interview with Daily Trust TV, Abdulsalami dismissed such thought, narrating how Obasanjo visited him shortly after his release and sought his advice on going into politics. He insisted that he had nothing to do with Obasanjo’s participation in the poll that brought him to power in 1999. “I said “Sir, if I were you, please disregard this people, Sir, go home and rest and sort your health out and so on and so forth”. He said “Okay, General thank you for your advice, I will get back to you”.“I tried to tell people that I had nothing to do in bringing Obasanjo to contest the election. Whatever must have happened was within the political parties and so on.”
But you went into politics
So that your olodo people will keep taking us hundred years backward.
Are you not FULLY into Politics Stop deceiving yourself Sir
Yet he remains the best democratic president in Nigeria
But he did far well than current ruler..
Hahaha..what kind of advice is that? That someone should not pursue his dream?
Confession time
Context is very important. Abdulsalami was only trying to debunk insinuations that he deliberately installed OBJ as president. Anyway, looks like it's a good thing that he didn't heed the advice 👍
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