A former wife of former President Olusegun Obasanjo,
Taiwo, in this interview with Tunde Ajaja, gives an update
on her son, who is said to be missing.
It's Been About Five Months Since Your Son Allegedly Left
His Matrimonial Home, Have You Heard From Him Since
Then?
Fortunately, there is good news. I have not seen him one-
on-one but he called me and he assured me that he was
okay. I asked where he was but he didn't tell me, which
shows that he's still in hiding. At the moment, he's not in
Abekouta where he's supposed to be; he's not at his place
of work in his father's company, and that means he's still
hiding himself from his wife. I'm his biological mother and
we are not quarrelling, so he has no reason to stay away
from me but for the issues with his wife.
But The Former President Has Been In The News From
Time To Time, Especially With The Formation Of The
Coalition For Nigeria Movement…
(Cuts in…) He cannot be troubled with this one, and that is
what I'm saying about the duality of his character. I don't
think he's the right person to be talking about the Coalition
for Nigeria Movement, but I want to appeal to him to please
use his coalition to unite the whole nation and his family.
Daddy Obasanjo should let God use him to bring a peaceful
change into this nation and his own family. However, I
think that coalition should metamorphose into coalition for
restoration of peace, reconciliation, unity and oneness, to
bring everybody together because Nigeria is so divided
now. People are traumatised and that is why many people
are abusing President Muhammadu Buhari. I like to use
this medium to appeal to Nigerians not to abuse the
President. He's human and he's liable to make mistakes.
What Chief Obasanjo and Buhari need to do is to come
together because they have a lot in common. They are both
very powerful and they have great influence in this nation.
They have both served as military Heads of State and
civilian presidents. I don't think this nation should be going
through this trauma, but truth is that Nigerians are going
through the worst kind of suffering at this time, even
though it's not his doing. I think we should all find a way of
helping him out of office so he could go and rest. The
Almighty God is forever in the business of answering
prayers. He will answer the prayers of many of us in this
nation that are saying we don't want him for second term.
Are You Saying He Shouldn't Recontest?
God forbid. I'm saying it loud and clear without fear. He
should just go back to Katsina. I'm praying to God that as
He (God) aborted the third term plan of Chief Olusegun
Obasanjo, God should also abort his re-election bid for
2019. I respect the two of them, but they should stay out of
power. Whoever is coming should be someone who would
treat us well and remove the hardship. As a president, you
are like an executive prisoner because you don't see what
is happening. Chief Obasanjo is now out of office, so his
eyes are wide open now.
I love President Buhari, but I don't want him to contest.
When he goes back to Katsina, I would love to go with my
children and grandchildren to visit him in Daura. In a nation
of over 150 million people, both of them have ruled under
two different dispensations, and I think the electoral
process should be reviewed so that we would have only one
term, because it's enough for anyone who has a plan. Chief
Lateef Jakande spent only one term in office as governor of
Lagos State, but look at the wonders he performed.
So, anyone that cannot do it in one term should leave
peacefully. We need fresh hands and we need to abolish
this do or die mentality. I'm not a hypocrite. I love him and I
don't want people to be insulting him, but I don't want him
again. We need a fresh person that can be corrected, a
unifying figure who is not divisive or tribalistic.
God has been very good to President Buhari; he was a
Petroleum Minister, military Head of State and now he's the
incumbent President. He should not be in the league of
those desperate to do a second term at all cost because I
want him to be another Nelson Mandela; to leave an
enduring legacy of love, unity, humility, forgiveness and
selflessness that succeeding generations can learn from.
I also have an advice for the government as regards the
herdsmen and Boko Haram crises; I feel they should look
for the sponsors and call them into a dialogue. Nigeria
needs peace. Specifically on the herdsmen crisis, I believe
modern ranching presents an investment opportunity and a
way out of the crisis.
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