FORMER President Olusegun Obasanjo
yesterday warned against any military intervention in the affairs of the
country for whatever reason.
Reacting to rumour that this Saturday’s
presidential election might result in confusion and consequently lead to
military take over, Obasanjo said such an action would undermine the
integrity of Nigeria among the comity of nations.
He spoke when the South-West women of the All Progressives Congress (APC) led by the wife of the party’s presidential candidate,
Gen. Muhammadu Buhari, Hajia Aisha Buhari, paid him a courtesy visit at
his Abeokuta Hilltop residence.
Obasanjo, who said he was happy that
Nigeria had gone beyond the rumour of Interim National Government (ING)
and that he hoped the country would also “survive the rumour of handing
over to the military”, said the intentional community, especially the
African Union (AU), would not accommodate or recognise any government
that emerges outside the constitution of the country.
According to him, Nigeria has all it
takes to dictate the pace for other countries in Africa, adding that
Nigerians should blame themselves for where “it is today.”
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