Buhari hails Obasanjo on birthday, calls him ‘true statesman, nationalist’

The APC presidential candidate, General, Muhammadu Bahari has described former President Olusegun Obasanjo as a courageous patriot, who tells the truth when he is convinced that leaders are going wrong. In a statement he issued through Garba Shehu, his campaign media director, Buhari said the former president “is a nationalist whose commitment to democracy and good governance are worthy of recognition and praise”.

Buhari acknowledged that, although Obasanjo is widely perceived as controversial, such perception should not overshadow his patriotism and remarkable courage to speak up when things go wrong in the county.

Buhari described Obasanjo “as a true statesman and nationalist who doesn’t abandon his country when it needs his voice to jolt the conscience of leaders to listen to those they govern”.

Buhari said statesmen were the voices and conscience of their countries, adding that Obasanjo had not disappointed him in that regard.

Buhari said General Obasanjo “is one of the most de-tribalised and broadminded leaders he has ever known”, and that “Obasanjo’s name would be cast in stone as one of those Nigerian leaders that served their country with passion”.

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