- Taiwo Obasanjo says her new party is a God's order meant tot better the lives of Nigerians
- The ex-wife of the former president insisted that President Buhari was not the problem with the country
- She attributed the call for Biafra to the poverty in the country
Taiwo Obasanjo, the former wife of Chief Olusegun Obasanjo has promised that her new political party will bring solution to problems bedevilling Nigerians.
Taiwo had earlier announced that God had directed her to form a new party, Abundant Blessing Congress and that the party would take the country to another level.
She insisted that President Muhammadu Buhari was not the problem with Nigeria but his party, the All Progressives Congress.
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She said: “If you ask me, Muhammadu Buhari is a man I have utmost respect and affection for. He is unique, absolutely honest and plain. He’s disciplined and organised. If he’s there, he is. If he is not there, he’s not. For a man like that, people may not appreciate him. I have realised the politics that God gave this man. Buhari is not really the problem of Nigeria. He is not the reason Nigerians are suffering. The problem of Nigeria is the party, All Progressives Congress, APC. God only used APC to bring him up as president.”
Taiwo Obasanjo
“God has decided that it is Abundant Blessing Congress, ABC, that would provide the solution needed in this country. We are to go round and join forces as a family to fashion out solutions to Nigeria’s many problems.
“They are Nigerians who are very interested in the project, who believe that we can do it. But Nigerians should know what we are up to. It is not just to grab power or to remove APC. We are the party to offer solutions to the problems of Nigerians and we are not leaving it for one man to handle. The problem in Nigeria today is not Buhari. The problem is the APC.”
Taiwo noted that there was abundant problem in the country but her party would be a sort of cleansing and make the country better.
“There is abundant suffering in the land, there is abundant lack, there is abundant hunger, there is abundant joblessness, and abundant homelessness. So, we bring the people abundant blessing and the name of the party is Abundant Blessing Congress with a mission to counter all these abundant problems.
Olusegun Obasanjo
“In the midst of all these problems, God wants to bring up abundant blessing. That is the meaning of Abundant Blessing Congress. God has deposited everything here in Nigeria. There is no part of Nigeria that you cannot find mineral resources that can fetch us fortunes.
“It is not only in the Niger Delta region that good things are deposited. There is abundant mineral resources in other parts of Nigeria but they are not being exploited enough. So, with Abundant Blessing Congress, God is going to turn things around for Nigeria.”
The former wife of Obasanjo said the problem of insurgency and the agitation for Biafra was due to the suffering in the country and promised that all these will be addressed by ABC.
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“There is a virus eating up Nigeria and virus has to be applied into this virus to work out a solution. The solution for everything is not with one man. It is for everybody to come together to decide with one purpose. We have to come together and discuss these issues, this virus in the system. Even the president of Nigeria does not have the answer. The answer is with God and with our collective force as a people. When the people come together to decide what they want, then, the solution will come.
“All these Niger Delta Avengers, Biafra agitators, Boko Haram insurgents are all suffering and they feel that somehow, they have been marginalised. So, when we come together and talk among ourselves, then, the solution will come. If water is gushing out from an unlikely source, the governor cannot see it, the president cannot see it. Even the local government chairman cannot see it. But the local people will see it and point it out. So, its all about the people. And that is why what I’m doing is people oriented. It’s the peoples party. It’s not the kind of party where the governor or people who are in elective positions will dare alienate themselves from the people.”
Originally posted by Adeshola