Abuja, Nigeria, 04 March 2015: The APC presidential
candidate General, Muhammadu Bahari has described former President Olusegun
Obasanjo as a courageous patriot who tells the truth to power when he is
convinced leaders are going wrong.
In a statement he issued on the occasion of
Obasanjos's birthday, General Buhari said the former president is a nationalist
whose commitment to democracy and good governance are worthy of recognition and
praise.
The APC presidential candidate acknowledged that,
although Obasanjo is widely perceived as controversial, he said such perception
should not overshadow his patriotism and remarkable courage to speak up when
things go wrong in the county.
According to Buhari, Obasanjo is a true statesman and
nationalist who don’t abandon his country when it needs his voice to jolt the
conscience of leaders to listen to those they govern.
In his glowing tribute, Buhari said statesmen are the
voices and conscience of their countries, adding that Obasanjo has not
disappointed him in this regard.
Buhari said General Obasanjo is one of the most
de-tribalised and broadminded leaders he has ever known, and that Obasanjo's
name would be cast in stone as one of those Nigerian leaders that served their
country with passion.
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