Groups accuse Obasanjo of incitement over election verdict comments
The Congress for the Rights of Yoruba Peoples (CROYN), a civil society group, has accused former President Olusegun Obasanjo of “inflammatory” over his comments on the Court of Appeal judgments in Zamfara, Kano and Plateau states.
The court invalidated the election victories of the governors of three states. But Cloyne said Obasanjo’s comments were “incitement to violence, contempt for the judiciary, total irresponsibility, insubordination and unbecoming of an elder statesman.”
The group, in a statement by its national chairman, Abiodun Fanolo, urged the federal government to instruct security personnel to comply with the former president’s statements, saying they could set the country on fire. He called the president and asked him to issue an order. If violence breaks out in any of the three states, it will carry out its mandate by inviting Obasanjo for questioning and holding him accountable.
Cloyne also called on prominent peace-loving Nigerian leaders and the Association of Former West African Leaders led by former President Goodluck Jonathan to call Obasanjo to order before it is too late.
The group urged former presidents to emulate Nigeria’s former leaders such as Abdulsalam Abubakar, Yakubu Gowon and Jonathan, who have the experience, wealth and unique privileges of being former leaders. have been used to build peace and unity in the country, rather than as tools and pawns of division.” ”
According to the group, “Obasanjo is lying about his claim of non-partisanship which he made when he publicly destroyed his Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) membership card. Since the run-up, he has amplified his partisanship and has maintained his partisanship until this moment because his candidate does not win and he will stop at nothing to demobilize the winner, including inciting violence. It’s because of it.”
The statement questioned Mr. Obasanjo’s moral and legal qualifications to review the constitutional and competent court’s judgment.
In Obasanjo’s view, what he was defending was anarchy in a situation where people who participated in elections with genuine grievances were denied the benefit of courts to clear their grievances.
The report notes that the former president is vigorously promoting his much-publicized long-standing hatred of Tinubu in the name of political opposition, saying that opposition should be done with common sense, constructively and to God. He recommended that people should act with the same fear.
Source: guardian.ng