Obasanjo Pre-1999 Antecedent:

General Olusegun Obasanjo rose to power in year 1976 after the assassination of General Murtala Muhammed. He set the motion to transfer power back to democratic administration that last tasted power in 1966. He successfully conducted the 1976 general election that produced the second republic government officials led by Alhaji Shehu Shagari and Chief Alex Ekweme.
Obasanjo also has the reputation of building Portharcourt II and Kaduna Refineries, and the Warri Petrochemical Company as Head of State. Muhammadu Buhari was the Petroleum Minister/NNPC Boss during this period.

The Pre-1998/1999 "Poor" and Incorruptible Chief Obasanjo

Obasanjo's 1976/79 Ministers boasts that Obasanjo could not boast of more that N20,000 as at 1998. Obasanjo was just too clean that even the BBC described him as "incorruptible Nigeria leader" in 1999. Today we know the rest of the story.
ynaija.com/derivation-and-deprivation-ii-the-ill-gotten-wealth-of-obasanjo/
news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/280552.stm


Obasanjo Came With Lots of Promises

1. March 2, 1999: Obasanjo Promised To End Corruption, and To Lead A Transparent Government

In his first public speech when he was declared the winner of February 1999 Presidential Election election, General Obasanjo called for political unity and promised he would lead "an open and fair and transparent government". He also Promised to fight corruption. In His own words "I will fight corruption,"
"Together, we will strive to bequeath to the next generation a truly democratic system of governance for our country,"
news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/289437.stm

November 1999: Obasanjo Also Promised To Revive Ajaokuta Steel Company as well as stamp out corruption
Obasanjo promised to revive Ajaokuta steel and to clean Nigeria off corruption
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/515788.stm

2. May 29, 2000: Obasanjo Reiterated He Will Fight Corruption And There WIll Be No Sacred Cow

in his year 2000 democracy day broadcast, Obasanjo reiterated his vow to fight corruption and there will be no sacred cow. In his own word....
"For corruption, Transparency International awarded us the World Cup...for me I'm aiming put an end to corruption in Nigeria and there will be no sacred cows,"
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/766035.stm

3. In 1999 Obasanjo Promised Stable Electricity
Obasanjo vowed to provide stable electricity. In fact his then Power and Steel Minister Chief Bola Ige boasted that the electricity issue will be resolved within SIX MONTHS
allafrica.com/stories/200605260200.html

What Happened Next?

Rather than stamp-out corruption, President Obasanjo was alleged to be enmeshed in corrupt practices. The man who was said to have less than N20,000 before assuming power built a N7 billion Naira Presidential Library for himself, as well as the expensive Bells University of Technology, Otta and other asset. The man that promised "No Sacred Cow" became the complete opposite of his own mantra. The "incorruptible exGeneral" was indicted by the Senate in PTDF scam and was also alleged to have a huge interest Transcorp.

The man that Promised stable Power supply in 1999, had to tell us through his then Minister of State for Power and Steel Senaor Liyel Imoke in May 2006 that "Nigeria Should Not expect stable electricity till 2056" after admittedly spending a whopping N1.3trn on "Power Reform" between 1999 and 2006. allafrica.com/stories/200605150306.html
www.nairaland.com/12883/imoke-expect-stable-electricity-2056

The man that promised to run transparent administration refused to sign Freedom of Information bill in 2007. The man that Nigerians celebrated could not organise a single Free, fair and credible election and treated the court with impunity.


General Muhammadu Buhari

President-elect Muhammadu Buhari like Olusegun Obasanjo has this "incorruptible" tag attached to his name. He was part of the Obasanjo government as the Petroleum Minister between 1977 and 1979. Like Obasanjo, he has vowed to run transparent administration and fight corruption with "No sacred cows". He is said to be "relatively poor" though he has property in Kaduna and Abuja.As at November 2014, he said he only has about a million naira N1m in his account that he had to secure loan to purchase his N27m APC Presidential form.
Like Obasanjo, his election is seen as a "new era" with people having high hopes in him. He promised to give Nigerians stable electricity which he specifically said at his campaign rally in Calabar in January 2015. In his own words “Our industries are dying and will continue to die unless we get the issue of power supply correct. We will resuscitate our industries,”http://www.punchng.com/news/ill-ensure-stable-power-supply-buhari/.


Similarities Between Obasanjo and Buhari's Backers:

In 1998, General Ibrahim Babangida (rtd) and the corrupt military cabals were the major backers of Obasanjo's Presidency. In fact, it was Babangida that asked Chief Obasanjo to run for 1999 Presidential election. People had thought that Obasanjo would put all these people where they deserve by prosecuting them, but on the contrary Obasanjo ended up as being a part and parcel of these people.

Buhari's backers include same Olusegun Obasanjo, Chief Bola Ahmed Tinubu that is said to have become stupendiously rich within a short period, Alh Atiku Abubakar that was indicted by the Senate and EFCC over PTDF scam, Bukola Saraki, George Akume, Former PDP Chairmen Barnabas Germade and Audu Ogbeh, as well as prominent players within and outside the PDP that were in government between 1999 and 2013.



May God Spare Our Lives To Witness The Full Tenure of The Incoming Administration
God Bless Nigeria

Source: http://solomontonye..com/2015/04/like-obasanjo-like-buhari.html

My friend go and rest and lick your wound for the next four years. Buhari is OUR president no matter what u say.

Barcanista, enough of this rhetoric. You impress no one with your baseless assumptions and equally daft conclusions.

You said you will criticize Buhari and his government, why dont you wait till he takes over before you start opening all these redundant threads?

Have you been mandated to open one anti-Buhari thread per day?

Story for the gods, the so called baba one chance is respected and regarded as one of the most distinguished gentle man by the US army war college and his intelligence was what made him the Nigerian president for the next four years. PDP and their blind corrupt die hard supporters should take it or go and die!!!!!

Did Jonathan fight corruption? Where is the subsidy Result?............Accept Buhari victory as the Will of God Barcanista and stop creating useless thread.

5 weeks to go.

Foolishness is when you think you know, but in reality you don't know.

Barcanista always nails it. Baba one chance has already started denying his campaign promises.
Some people won't be happy with this thread.

May God Spare Our Lives To Witness The Full Tenure of The Incoming Administration
God Bless Nigeria...

You ve said it yourself. Only time will tell
We ve given GMB his chance. The onus is on him to make things right or prove his critics right

PentiumPro:
Foolishness is when you think you know, but in reality you don't know.

Stupidity is when you can't counter one's post but resort to insults only.

Honestly i still dnt knw wat this boy is driving at, the aim of this thread is still unclear to me..............If Buhari fails,Barcanista and the whole of nigeria fail also, Praying for him to fail wont do you any good either.

I am here to just laugh till my darling Arsenal start raping Chelsea

SeverusSnape:

Stupidity is when you can't counter one's post but resort to insults only.

Madness is when you try to make dissimilar things look similar.

After writing jargons,what then is the similarity between Obasanjo and Buhari?

You ended up writing Trash!

Kolade354:
[s]Did Jonathan fight corruption? Where is the subsidy Result?............Accept Buhari victory as the Will of God Barcanista and stop creating useless thread[/s]

Stop bringing your god into this.

SeverusSnape:
Barcanista always nails it. Baba one chance has already started denying his campaign promises.

So what did he nail?, Jonathan is clean and he is saint or what?.......Both of you need to be quarantine.

SeverusSnape:

Stop bringing your god into this.

God is the Supreme Being.......If you are an atheist that is your own problem son.

PentiumPro:

Madness is when you try to make dissimilar things look similar.

... What are the "dissimilar things" here?

This hungry loser won't stop at anything to be relevant on Nairaland.

Get this into your thick skull: you impress no one!

Kolade354:
God is the Supreme Being.......If you are an atheist that is your own problem son.

Hehehehehehehehehehe...If you're a Christian, go and call your god in the religion section. So you think your god made buhari win

SeverusSnape:

... What are the "dissimilar things" here?

You just proved that even though you can read, but yet you can't see.

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Buhari watch your back!

icon8:
This hungry loser won't stop at anything to be relevant on Nairaland.

Get this into your thick skull: you impress no one!

Barcanista is not a loser, he's a role model to many here, You can only dream of having an analytical mind such as his.

PentiumPro:

You just proved that even though you can read, but yet you can't see.

Its Okay Mrs. Pentium...

SeverusSnape:
Barcanista always nails it. Baba one chance has already started denying his campaign promises.

My brother, na siddon look we de do o. Buhari's promises have been compiled anyway.


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www.nairaland.com/attachments/1980723_gejobj_jpeg199b8990923041240765895d770bda1d

This an illustration of the relationship between Obasanjo and Jonathan. When the zoologist started feeling like he knows it all in his failures, OBJ asked him to swim on his own and now the rest is history.

Buhari is a Man of his Own. Everyone come around him to share in his good name. Irrespective of the politics, GMB's allegiance is to the Masses. Even his enemies will agree whenever they stop lying to themselves.

And for those who have made it a duty to attack Buhari even before he lift a pin, Kontinu. Like OBJ, we just dey laugh

Kolade354:
So what did he nail?, Jonathan is clean and he is saint or what?.......Both of you need to be quarantine.

Can you even do one third of what Barca is doing?...Dont let me expose you for all to see.

SeverusSnape:

Barcanista is not a loser, he's a role model to many here, You can only dream of having an analytical mind such as his.

a role model to nitwits like you.
Even temitemi1 the robot will be disappointed.

Kolade354:
So what did he nail?, Jonathan is clean and he is saint or what?.......Both of you need to be quarantine.

Which part of the write-up did I proclaim Jonathan to be a "saint"? Is Jonathan now the measurement of sainthood? Try use your head abeg.

MzJackBaueress:
a role model to nitwits like you.
Even temitemi1 the robot will be disappointed.

You're jealous, ain't you?
The last time I said something similar to this, you also quoted me. It means one thing, you just can't ignore this guy; whether you like or dislike him.

barcanista:
My brother, na siddon look we de do o. Buhari's promises have been compiled anyway

The promises he denies daily
After winning election, the thing clear for him eye
I wonder which of the promises he's yet to deny


Welcome to one chance my people

barcanista:
Which part of the write-up did I proclaim Jonathan to be a "saint"? Is Jonathan now the measurement of sainthood? Try use your head abeg.

I think it is you who shld use his brain to be more intelligent, In Jonathan regime(whom you want to continue with before nigerians vote him out) who are those that backed him,pple like Bode george,edwin clark,olusegun mimiko and co shld be tag as true demcoract and saint........Try to use ur Dumbhead to fink.