Professor Bolaji Akinyemi, a former minister for foreign affairs, criticized Chief Olusegun Obasanjo for supporting Peter Obi, the presidential candidate of the Labour Party, in the 2023 general elections.
Former External Affairs Minister Prof. Bolaji Akinyemi criticized former President Obasanjo for making a comment on the approaching general election and suggesting his favored candidate during an appearance with Channels Television.
Professor Akinyemi thinks that because Obasanjo has served his purpose, he should retire to his house and keep quiet.
The former Foreign Affairs Minister described Obasanjo as part of the country’s problems, therefore should not come and presents himself as a problem solver.
According to him, “Please don’t let us spend this programme on General Obasanjo’s letter or ideas because some of us believe that he also is part of the foundation of the problems that we have in this country, and one of the things that I have said is that once you have occupied that post of President and you have served your term, please go home and be like General Gowon, be like General Abdusalam, just be quiet.
“You’ve had your term and let others get on, but for you to create problems for us and then you come back and you present yourself as a problem solver, I find that difficult to swallow”.
