Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has denied saying those looking for a thorough-bred politician should go to Bourdillion, stressing that only the military trains personnel to be good managers.
According to a statement by Obasanjo’s media aide Kehinde Akinyemi, his principal never made any comment at the expense of the military, a “noble profession”.
He said the unverified viral WhatsApp message, authenticated by a faceless group called “National Patriots”, claimed that Obasanjo said, “If you are looking for a thoroughbred politician of masters class, visit Lagos Bourdillon”.
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However, he quoted his principal as saying that “Only the military trains personnel to be good managers of men and materials.
“So, I cannot disparage my noble profession for politics that has no formal training. This is false and fake,” Obasanjo added.
Akinyemi quoted the alleged WhatsApp message by Obasanjo as thus: “I am not a politician, I am a decorated Soldier, an Army General.
“If you are looking for a thoroughbred politician of masters class, visit Lagos Bourdillon, there you’ll find one… Politics, however, has no permanent friends or enemies. If you remind me about what Bola said about me 4 years ago, have you reminded yourself about what I did to him and his Lagos government about 20 years ago?
“I almost crashed his government and State. No governor or government from 1999 to date could have survived what I did to Bola and Lagos. No One. He survived because he has the magic wand.
“I hope he gets the chance to wave the magic wand over Nigeria,’ Obasanjo.”
