According to thegazellenees.com, Professor Bolaji Akinyemi, a former External Affairs Minister, slammed former President Chief Olusegun Obasanjo for endorsing the Presidential Candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi, for the 2023 General Elections. In an interview with Channels Television, Prof. Bolaji Akinyemi slammed former President Obasanjo for releasing a statement about the upcoming general election
Professor Akinyemi says Obasanjo should go home and just be quiet because he has tenure.
The former Minister of Foreign Affairs said that Obasanjo was a part of the country’s problems, so he shouldn’t come and try to solve them.
He stated, “Please don’t let us spend this program on General Obasanjo’s letter or ideas because some of us believe that he is also part of the foundation of the problems that we have in this country, and one of the things that I have said is that once you have occupied that post of President and you have served your term, please go home and be like General Gowon, be like General Abdusalam, just be quiet.” He added, “Please don’t let us spend this programme on
“You’ve served your term and allowed others to get along, but it’s hard for me to accept that you caused problems for us and then returned to present yourself as a problem solver.