Fayose hits Obasanjo, tells him to retire into obscurity

Ayodele Fayose, governor of Ekiti state, has launched yet another attack on former President Olusegun Obasanjo, asking him to retire into obscurity.He made the scathing remarks hours after granting an interview to

The Sun, where he accused the elder statesman of “running his mouth to remain relevant” in the political sphere.In a statement issued on his behalf by Idowu Adelusi, his chief press secretary, Fayose toldObasanjo to stop making provocative statements that could distract Nigerians fromfixing the economy.

Fayose was reacting to a statement credited to Obasanjo in which he said his generation had failed the nation.“Obasanjo should give us a break.

There is nodenying the fact that he failed the country. The least he can now do is leave us alone to clear the peculiar mess he and others of his ilk got this country into,” he said.“Let him retire into obscurity; fade away from the limelight; and allow us our peace and serenity.

There is much suffering in the land. The people are hungry. Yet, one of those responsible for this unsavoury state of affairsrelishes in adding insult to the people’s injury.

He makes statements that are not only reckless but also untrue.“Obasanjo, truly, has failed this country many times over but not all members of his generation failed this country.

There are shinning lights in that generation that have served the nation well.“How about Emeka Anyaoku, Wole Soyinka, Fela Anikulapo-Kuti, Prof. Ayodele Awojobi? The list is endless and they are to be found in all the nooks and crannies of this country who belong in the same generation as Obasanjo and who have done this country proud.

Fayose alleged that Obasanjo resorted to “crocodile tears” after “wasting all the golden opportunities” that he had to make the country great.“It is too late in the day for him to now cry over other countries that have passed Nigeriaby.

This is mere crocodile tears when we realise that no other Nigerian leader had the opportunities that Obasanjo had to make this country great but he bungled them all,” he said.

-The Cable