Consequently, he has publicly endorsed the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Major-General Muhammadu Buhari, to unseat President Goodluck Jonathan.
Obasanjo, who had said last week that he would not speak on the elections until after the polls, broke his vow of silence in Nairobi Monday, where he launched his 1,500-page autobiography which is highly critical of Jonathan, whose ascent to the presidency he helped to engineer.
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The book has been banned in Nigeria pending libel hearings brought by Buruji Kashamu, an ally of the president.
“The signs are not auspicious” in the wake of the six-week postponement of the general election, said Obasanjo, who remains an influential, even contentious figure at home. “I don’t know whether a script is being played.”Subscribe to Maryann Live by Email
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