Nigeria’s former leader, Olusegun Obasanjo Saturday accused President Goodluck Jonathan of nursing a sit tight agenda.
He said this at a press briefing less than 12 hours after returning to Nigeria from a two-week trip abroad.
Obasanjo who visited Morocco, Munich,Nairobi,London and New Delhi on his trip believes that President Jonathan is up to something and his plan is to scuttle the electoral process and cause chaos in the country as was done by the former President of Ivory Coast,Laurent Gbagbo.
“President Jonathan has a grand plan to ensure that by hook or crook,he wins the election and if he fails,he scuttles it and brings chaos,confusion and unpleasantness in the whole country. It is either he is following his own grand plan or playing a script,which of course,must have gotten his endorsement.
“He is trying to play Gbagbo,the former President of Cote D’Ivoire. He postponed election in his country until he saw that he would win. He did not allow election to hold. When it eventually held,it was an inconclusive election. In the run off election,he lost to Quattara and he refused to hand over.
“He unleashed horror in that country until nemesis caught up with him. I believe we may be seeing a repeat of that,what I call,’Gbagbo Saga’,” Obasanjo said.
Laurent Gbagbo, is now facing trial in The Hague for war crimes.
Gbagbo plunged his country into a civil war, refusing to concede electoral victory to then opposition candidate Alassane Ouattara.