Former President, Olusegun Obasanjo, has responded to festering insinuations that that he committed errors of judgment in the choice of his successor before he left office.
Mr Obasanjo said that contrary to the sectional views and insinuations, Whatever role he played in the emergence of his successor was anchored on the best interest of the country.
Obasanjo spoke Wednesday in an exclusive interview with Channels Television at his hill top residence in Abeokuta, the capital of Ogun State. He was reacting to some views of persons who reviewed the book, “My Watch” that he might have subtly alluded to his poor judgement by the way he criticised those who came after him.
He said he was was guided by facts available, stressing that the critics of his action lacked the facts upon which his actions were based.
He added that those who engage in such criticism usually do not have all the facts. “Do Better”
He said, “Even if you take your son as your successor, you are not sure of what he will do when he gets there. Don’t ever kid yourself. What do I know about any successor? What he presents. When he gets there he presents it differently. We did our best, but if you say our best is not good enough, I will say, when it comes to your turn, do better. With all the people that are available, for successor, what we came up with was about the best that, at that time we could think of”.
The former President further stressed that he could not have selected someone he knew was corrupt for the position of a President. “Is it the one that we know are corrupt that we will now go and take? No! “If I give the job to the corrupt, will I be able to defend myself before God and man?” he questioned.
