The Lagos State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has slammed former President Olusegun Obasanjo over his recent remarks on President Bola Tinubu.
According to the party, Obasanjo reportedly said President Tinubu is “competing with former President Muhammadu Buhari” in incompetence.
Lagos APC, in a statement on Tuesday by its Spokesman, Seye Oladejo, said the remarks was not only “laughable but disgraceful hypocritical”.
” If Nigeria is still recovering from years of structural rot, Obasanjo bears a huge chunk of the blame. The mess didn’t start with Buhari, and it certainly isn’t being deepened by Tinubu—it started long before, under the watch of men who now pretend to be saints.
” President Bola Tinubu has taken decisions no previous leader had the spine to take. Removing fuel subsidies, overhauling the foreign exchange regime, and confronting entrenched inefficiencies are not marks of incompetence—they are bold actions by a man ready to fix what others, including Obasanjo, either broke or ignored.
” Obasanjo’s bitterness is well-known. He cannot control this government, and he resents that Nigeria has moved on from his brand of egocentric, do-or-die politics. His habit of attacking sitting presidents when he no longer holds relevance has become predictable and pathetic”, the statement read.
The party advised the former president to show some decorum, saying that elders are expected to advise, not agitate.
“President Tinubu is not in a race with Obasanjo or anyone else. He is focused on the future. Nigeria is on a path of reform, recovery, and renewal—and no amount of potshots from bitter yesterday’s men will derail that journey”, said Lagos APC.
