The Senior Political Assistant to former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar, Demola Olarewaju, has alleged that the disagreement between former President Olesegun Obasanjo and his then VP, Atiku, was deeply rooted in politics.
Olarewaju claimed that Obasanjo does not want Atiku to become president.
He spoke on Monday during an interview on Eagle 102.5 FM, monitored by DAILY POST in Abeokuta, where he appeared alongside the Executive Director of the Centre for Responsive Governance, Ayodeji Ologun.
According to Olarewaju, Atiku still holds Obasanjo in high esteem despite their political differences, adding that there was no personal grievance between the two former leaders.
“The relationship between the former President Obasanjo and Atiku, in my view as a Nigerian who witnessed the administration and the post-administration, is the fact that they do not seem to have a personal issue. It is clear from how Atiku holds Obasanjo in high esteem.
“The issue between them is political and, for reasons best known to Obasanjo, it is very clear and obvious that he does not want Atiku Abubakar to ever be President of the Federal Republic,” he said.
He also questioned what he described as Obasanjo’s belief that no other leader could match his achievements or govern Nigeria better than he did.
“I think another thing that has become very clear is his instability about the opinion that Obasanjo holds, that nobody can meet up with his achievement and nobody can govern Nigeria better than him,” Olarewaju said.
The latest exchange is the latest chapter in the long-running political differences
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