God saved me from mistake of picking Atiku as my vice president: Obasanjo
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo says God saved him from the “mistake” of picking Atiku Abubakar as his vice president in 1999.
Mr Atiku is the Peoples Democratic Party flag bearer for the 2023 presidential election.
“I don’t say I don’t make mistakes – I made many of them. But one thing that has happened to me is that God has never disappointed me. And that is very important.
“For instance, one of the mistakes I made was picking a number two when I was going to become President. But because it is a genuine mistake, God saved me out of it,” Mr Obasanjo said.
The former president disclosed this while speaking in Abeokuta at a leadership and entrepreneurship mentoring session with selected school students.
At Nigeria’s return to democratic rule in 1999, Mr Obasanjo had emerged as the president with Mr Atiku as his deputy under the PDP platform.
The duo of Mr Obasanjo and Mr Atiku won reelection in 2003, however, Mr Atiku became Mr Obasanjo’s political adversary for opposing the president’s third term bid.
We have recently deactivated our website's comment provider in favour of other channels of distribution and commentary. We encourage you to join the conversation on our stories via our Facebook, Twitter and other social media pages.
More from Peoples Gazette
Agriculture
FG tasks ECOWAS on leveraging financing strategies for agroecology
The federal government has urged stakeholders in the agriculture and finance sectors in the West Africa region to leverage financing strategies to enhance agroecology practices
Politics
Katsina youths pledge to deliver over 2 million votes to Atiku
“Katsina State is Atiku’s political base because it is his second home.”
States
Police nab four suspects for alleged child trafficking in Abia
Ms Chinaka said the suspects allegedly conspired to steal a four-day-old baby from her mentally unstable mother.
Agriculture
Enugu hires over 160 professionals to revive livestock production
Mr Ubru said the recruitment was in fulfilment of Governor Peter Mbah’s vision to revamp the agricultural sector.
Heading 2
Plateau government disburses N1.5 billion intervention funds to attack victims
Governor Caleb Mutfwang formally inaugurated the disbursement of the funds on Monday in Jos.
Heading 5
Don’t destroy APC like you did PDP, group warns Wike
Mr Wike has insisted that his major political priority remained securing the re-election of Mr Tinubu in 2027.
Heading 1
Atiku condemns Tinubu’s prolonged vacation abroad, says Nigeria can’t be governed on autopilot
Mr Onanuga said that the president would return to the country at the weekend.
Economy
ECOWAS to honour 60 West African start-ups
The top three start-ups will receive $30,000, $20,000 and $15,000 respectively in seed funding.
