‘You are sick in the spirit, body and soul’ — Obasanjo tells Buhari again

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has fired yet another shot at
President Muhammadu Buhari, saying he is sick in the spirit, body
and soul.

The elder statesman said this in an interview with BBC Yoruba.^[1]

The former president said Buhari needs to rest and allow another
person to take charge of the country.

Obasanjo said when people complain to him that the next person
may not do better, he tells them that democracy gives room for
replacement.

“Buhari is sick in the spirit, body and soul. Let’s beg him to
go and rest. He has tried his best. Let give chance to another
person,” Obasanjo said.

“When people ask me that what if the next person is not
suitable, I tell them that is the beauty of democracy.”

In his state of the nation address on Sunday, Obasanjo accused
the president of taking the country back to the Sani Abacha
era.

He accused the Buhari government of derailing the country’s
fledgling democracy by using security institutions to fight its
critics.

“EFCC, Police and Code of Conduct Tribunal are also being
equally misused to deal with those Buhari sees as enemies for
criticising him or as those who may not do his bidding in
manipulating election results. Criticism, choice and being
different are inherent trade mark of democracy. If democracy is
derailed or aborted, anarchy and authoritarianism will
automatically follow,” Obasanjo had said.