The spokesman for the late former President Muhammadu Buhari, Malam Garba Shehu, has reacted to the posthumous appraisal of his principal by former President Olusegun Obasanjo, declaring that the latter only hated the former.
Reacting to Obasanjo’s latest verdict on Buhari administration (2015-2023), describing the tenure as the most worst civil administration in Nigeria, Shehu said he had already explained why Obasanjo never liked the late head of state in his recent book, ‘According to the President: Lessons from a Presidential Spokesman’s Experience’, and directed our correspondent to check the book for those reasons.
He, however, said that the late former President held Obasanjo in high esteem, adding that they fell out over an unmet demand.
Shehu, in the book, which he made available to our correspondent, alleged that Obasanjo made some demands of Buhari while the latter was president.
She explained, ‘‘There are many around Buhari who hold that the spectacular falling out between him (Buhari) and his superior in the military whom he cherished and much respected, President Olusegun Obasanjo, was on account of the demand, reportedly put to him by Obasanjo, that the contract for the Mambilla Power Project be given to a contractor he preferred.
‘‘On this, Buhari politely told the former president to allow him to handle it his own way, following the due process that was in place.”
