Obasanjo has again condemned President Goodluck Jonathan saying that because of his failure to act, the Chibok girls, which were abducted by Boko Haram terrorists in April 14, will never be rescued.
Obasanjo noted this during an interview with Rosie Collyer of Radio France Internationale (RFI).
He also spoke about his book saying that everything he has written about Jonathan, he has also said to him face-to-face.
Read some excerpts from interview below:
RFI: Why have you chosen to publish your autobiography now, when Nigeria is politically charged ahead of February’s general election?
OO: You used the word politically charged. There is no time Nigeria is not politically charged. One thing one can say about Nigeria is, since independence we have had some high ebbs or low ebbs but Nigeria has been very, very politically active. So the question of which is the opportune time or auspicious time for a book to be published, it is entirely up to the publisher and of course the reading public.
I completed writing the book, which took me about 18 months, about four months ago and I gave it to the publisher. And the publisher decided that after reading the book that he would like to publish it before the elections.
RFI: You are apparently critical of President Goodluck Jonathan in your autobiography. Why?
OO: Whatever I have said in my book, I have said it to President Jonathan one-on-one. I have said it in public statements that I have made over the past two or three years. So there is nothing in my book that is new that I have said about President Jonathan.
RFI: One area where you have criticised President Jonathan is his handling of the kidnapped Chibok schoolgirls. What advice did you give the president?
OO: It is unfortunate. What I have said to Jonathan before and what I have said also in my letter – and I have said it several times – is that, once active and concrete action was not taken within 48 hours, a period of 72 hours was already too late. We will never be able to get those girls again. And the story of those girls will go on for the next 30 years. Some of them will come out when they are adults or they will be sent back when they are pregnant by those who have captured them. If anyone is thinking of being able to get those girls released intact, he must be day dreaming.
Obasanjo has already used to say that Chibok schoolgirls kidnapped in Borno state will never return back home.
He made this statement, Ocotber 5, while speaking at the Hausa service of the British Broadcasting Corporation.
Obasanjo said: “I believe that some of them will never return. We will still be hearing about them many years from now, some will give birth to children of the Boko Haram members, but if they cannot take care of them in the forest, they may release them.”
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