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Saturday 23 January 2010

OBASANJO TO YAR' ADUA: YOU ARE NOT A DOER

NTV Kenya's report on Nigerian leadership crisis



The Nigerian people either want their President dead or are in the process of killing him. Any sort of pressure for an ailing Umaru Yar'Adua is surely not what the doctor ordered and Olusegun Obasanjo should know this.

The former president, who it is said handpicked Yar'Adua as his successor, is now distancing himself from the sickly President and vigorously denying he bestowed upon Nigerians a leader with a questionable health status.

And the media in that West African country, which is the most populous in the continent, is also piling in more pressure and actively wishing it, appears, that there is a major fall out precipitated by the crisis.

So how is Yar'Adua expected to make a quick recovery, when so many people appear to be keener on the Nigerian presidency and not the well-being of the Nigerian President?

And to Yar'Adua, shouldn't the preservation of one's life be the top most priority, for what good will it serve one, if clinging on to power ultimately leads to one's demise?

1 comment:

Doris Speaks said...

We are tired oh, we don't know what else to do! All that is going on is alot of talk and no action. There is an underground rot that is going on in that country that the common man knows not of.
How can the Foreign minister come out on BBC and say he hasn't spoken to the president in over 2months and he's not God so questions should not be asked of his health?!
Truly, only God can save us!