Obasanjo dismisses viral claim on Tinubu

By Kolawole Olayinka, Abeokuta

Former President, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo has denied claims, attributed to him that Bourdillon is where one can find a thoroughbred politician, declaring that only the military trains personnel to be good managers of men and materials.

In a statement on Sunday by his Special Assistant on Media, Kehinde Akinyemi, Obasanjo said he never made any such remark at the expense of his noble military profession.

The unverified WhatsApp message which has gone viral and authenticated by a faceless group, called “National Patriots”, quoted the former president as saying: “I am not a politician, I am a decorated soldier, an Army General. If you are looking for thoroughbred politician of master’s class, visit Lagos Bourdillon, there you’ll find one. 

“Politics however has no permanent friends or enemies, if you remind me about what Bola said about me 4 yrs ago, have you reminded yourself about what I did to him and his Lagos govt about 20 yrs ago? I almost crashed his govt and State, no governor or government from 1999 to date could have survived what I did to Bola and Lagos, No One. He survived because he has the magic wand. I hope he gets the chance to wave the magic wand over Nigeria.”

Denying the report, Obasanjo: “Only the military trains personnel to be good managers of men and materials. So, I cannot disparage my noble profession for politics that has no formal training. This is false and fake.”