Why I selected Yar’Adua as my predecessor - Olusegun Obasanjo
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| I despatched it to one of the satisfactory docs of our time and a very good pal of mine who died simplest closing year |
The Former President Olusegun Obasanjo on Sunday stated he picked the past due President Musa Yar’Adua as his successor no matter understanding he turned into sick.
He stated he took the choice due to the fact a clinical recommendation confirmed that Yar’Adua, who had a kidney transplant, turned into suit to behave as President.
Yar’Adua, who later gained the 2007 presidential election, died in workplace in May 2010.
Obasanjo, who spoke in a digital interview with educational and historian Toyin Falola, denied allegations he intentionally placed up vulnerable applicants for egocentric interests.
He stated: "Let me inform you the tale of Umaru Yar’Adua. I knew he turned into unwell and earlier than I positioned him forward, I requested for his clinical document which he despatched to me and I despatched it to one of the satisfactory docs of our time and a very good pal of mine who died simplest closing year - Professor Akinkugbe."
"I stated examine it due to the fact it's far private and he stated to me that from this record, this guy has had a kidney transplant and it's miles successful, he's not blow dialysis."
"And when you have a kidney transplant and it's far successful, it's far as true as in case you didn’t have a kidney transplant at all. I well-known that and Umaru Yar’adua contested in the party and he contested in the Nigeria and got here up."
"In the manner of the campaign, I recall that he needed to move for a clinical checkup overseas and he became now no longer round for a campaign right here in Abeokuta."
“I referred to as him due to the fact the hearsay turned into that he had died. I referred to as him on my cellphone and placed it on speaker. I stated, "Umaru, are you lifeless or alive?" and he stated, "I am now no longer lifeless, I am alive."
"Within multiple days, he got here again and said that he turned into checked up and he turned into well. That turned into the placement of Umaru Yar’adua and if every person in his proper experience will suppose that what I actually have carried out in that role become now no longer proper, I depart him within the palms of God."
On why ex-Governor Peter Odili didn’t emerge Yar’Adua’s jogging mate, Obasanjo stated: "Now, we wished a going for walks mate for Yar’Adua. There have been possibilities, the first potentiality changed into Peter Odili."
"Peter Odili changed into a far more potent persona than Goodluck Jonathan, however Odili had an EFCC issue, which made him to be dropped and as soon as he became dropped, the subsequent man changed into Goodluck Jonathan and Goodluck Jonathan had all of it going for him."
"He became now no longer a sturdy man or woman as Peter Odili, I will admit that, however he became now no longer a pushover; he were a deputy governor, he have been a governor and his country turned into doing pretty well."
"I don’t recognise what else everybody will say due to the fact the deputy president needed to come from the South and we had agreed that it might come from the South South."