Tanko Yakasai Has This To Say To Obasanjo Over His Open Letter To Buhari!
Nigerian politician, human rights activist, and former liaison officer to President Shehu Shagari, Alhaji Tanko Yakasai, has said that he doesn’t see patriotism in General Obasanjo’s letters to Buhari.
Yakasai’s full statement reads:
“I don’t see patriotism in General Obasanjo’s letters.
In fact, all the letters written by General Obasanjo to all military heads of state and presidents of the Federal Republic of Nigeria are not guided by patriotic considerations.
My experience with the Nigerian political situation is that the top echelons of the military are always fighting one another, either when in the service or when on retirement.
It is from this angle that I always view most of the writings of General Olusegun Obasanjo to any military officer who is a Head of State or President in Nigeria as unpatriotic.
Even the ones he wrote to former Presidents Goodluck Jonathan and the late Umar Musa Yar’Adua were not patriotic. They were guided by selfish interests.
General Obasanjo did it during Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida’s era. He did it during the late General Sani Abacha’s regime, which later resulted in accusations that he was trying to overthrow the government, which eventually led to his imprisonment.
General Olusegun Obasanjo also wrote a number of letters during General Abdulsalami Abubakar’s regime and he is still writing letters in this current presidency of General Muhammadu Buhari.
So, this attitude of writing unpatriotic letters has been part of General Olusegun Obasanjo.”
