A former presidential aspirant, Prof. Pat Utomi, has said ex-President
Olusegun Obasanjo is also guilty of some of his allegations against
President Goodluck Jonathan.Utomi said just like Jonathan, Obasanjo also
entertained gossips from those around him.In a Facebook post on
Thursday, titled ‘Obasanjo and the Burden of History, Utomi noted that
he was erroneously rumoured to be a member of the Alliance for Democracy
during Obasanjo’s administration.
The post read in parts, “Obasanjo’s duty as a statesman is negatively
affected by a tradition of lack of charity in dealing with others, which
today makes it easy for people who should recognise truth when it comes
from him dismiss him as acting in character without charity.“I had the
pleasure of being part, indeed, head of the policy advisory team that
worked with candidate Obasanjo in 1998. As President, he lapped up all
kinds of gossips stemming from my critical views on matters.“Obasanjo is
not wrong in his accusing Jonathan on the quality of people around him
for gossiping. The irony is he is guilty of same.”The foremost economist
pointed out that only a few men in Nigeria had been given easy passage
to immortality by circumstances as Obasanjo.Utomi, added that, “His lack
of charity manages to be a flaw that seems determined to consign him to
a sad footnote in history.“Still, this does not mean his voice should
be ignored. In his moments, he speaks great truth to power and he
understands Nigeria better than most. He should not be ignored.”
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