*I chose Nigeria, democracy over Obasanjo, says former VP
Ejiofor Alike, Sunday Ehigiator in Lagos and Chuks Okocha in Abuja
The strained relationship between former President Olusegun Obasanjo and former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has deteriorated further with the former president again stating that picking Atiku as his running mate in the 1999 presidential election was the greatest mistake he made while in office.
Obasanjo’s latest scathing remark about Atiku was not the first time he would make such a comment about his former deputy.Meanwhile, Atiku, who is the presidential candidate of the African Democratic Congress (ADC) in the 2027 general election, yesterday stated that no amount of bitterness would erase either the constitutional stand he took against the infamous third-term agenda or the pivotal role he played in Obasanjo’s personal and political journey, insisting that he chose Nigeria and democracy over his former boss.Obasanjo had in June 2022 told students from select secondary schools who participated in the final of the National Exhibition and Awards organised by Students for the Advancement of Global Entrepreneurship (SAGE) in Abeokuta, Ogun State that picking Atiku as his deputy was one of the many genuine mistakes he made in the course of his public life.
