The African Democratic Congress, which has been adopted by Obasanjo, has warned the Federal Government that it will shut down the Presidential Villa if Obasanjo is harmed.
Recall that the former president recently raised the alarm of the alleged plan by the President Muhammadu Buhari led government to clamp down on him and subsequently frame him up as a way of silencing him to speak further against the government.
The Federal Government through the Minister of Culture and Information, Alhaji Lai Mohammed has however said the allegations were baseless and intended to unnecessarily heat up the polity. The minister also noted that the former president need not be afraid if he has no skeleton in his cupboard.
However, the Chairman of the ADC, Chief Okey Nwosu, in a swift reaction to Obasanjo’s allegations said having failed to deliver on its campaign promises, the Buhari-led government had resorted to hounding opposition members into submission.
He said when Obasanjo was supporting Buhari during the run-up to the 2015 general elections; he was described as an advocate of change by Buhari and his supporters, but the same man was now being treated as a criminal because he was speaking against the government.
The ADC chairman said, “What we are witnessing is the desperation of a failed government. When you have mediocre persons that are not focused on handling state power, they often go to dictatorial levels to try to achieve their aim but this time, the people of Nigeria and God are on our side and we will do what our country needs.
“President Obasanjo cannot be touched. When in 2014 and 2015, he was in the vanguard of trying to effect change because of the situation then, they were applauding him as the champion of a new Nigeria.
“Now that things have gone wrong in the area of security and economy and he is speaking out, they are now chasing the champion of new Nigeria. We will mobilise the whole of Nigeria to take over Aso Rock Villa if the government steps out of line.”
