Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has expressed joy that Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) lost power at the centre in the last year’s general elections.
Obasanjo, who spoke yesterday at an event organized by the Staff Club of the Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Osun State, said that it was better for Nigerians that PDP lost the last presidential election, adding that with someone like Jonathan at the helm of affairs, it was better the party lost.
“Power is still the same way I left it in 2007. Railway is the same way and other sectors.
“It was best that PDP stopped ruling us. It was a thing of joy to me that the earlier declaration of 50 years governance for PDP did not come to pass.”
The former President blamed Jonathan for the plight of the over 200 female students of the Government Girls Secondary School, Chibok in Borno state who were abducted by members of Boko Haram in April 2014 to forget about ever finding them.
“The former President (Jonathan), heard about the kidnap of the girls by 8.00 in the morning of the abduction, but failed to act until 72 hours later and by then it was too late.”
Obasanjo made it clear that there is no way the girls could be brought back after spending almost two years with their abductors, saying: “anyone saying they will return is telling lies. May be some of them will return to tell their story.” [myad]
