By Peter Adedoyin
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has
described the security challenge facing the country as "a serious situation", calling for concerted efforts by stakeholders to stem the tide.
The former president spoke at his residence, Olusegun Obasanjo Presidential Library in Abeokuta, Ogun State, while receiving a Peoples Democratic Party presidential aspirant, Dr. Ugochukwu Williams, and his team.
The former President, while reactinh to the recent attacks on the Kaduna-Abuja train where no fewer than seven persons were confirmed dead and 21 other passengers missing, said the security challenge in Nigeria has overwhelmed the regime of the President Muhammadu Buhari.
Obasanjo noted that the development has shown that Nigerians are not safe anywhere; in vehicles, on the train or in aircraft.
He said, the present regime has been overwhelmed by the situation, urging Nigerians that they must not allow the situation to overwhelm them and the country.
He said, “So, if anybody comes to say I want to see you, I want to talk to you, I will say ‘you’re welcome’. This is because I believe very strongly, and I have said it publicly and I will say it again that the situation we are in this country is not a situation where one man will say yes, he has a solution unless we are deceiving ourselves. I believe we need to sit down collectively and look at the situation".
“A situation where you are not safe on the road, you are not safe on the train, you are not safe at the airport, shows a very serious situation".
“I believe that all right-thinking Nigerians must know that we have a situation that has overwhelmed the present administration, but we should not allow that situation to overwhelm Nigeria.”
He, however, wished Williams well in the pursuit of his presidential ambition.
In his remarks, Williams, who described Obasanjo as a leader who is passionate about the peace and unity of Nigeria,
said he visited the former president for consultation on his presidential ambition.
The young presidential aspirant said he was on a mission to “rescue Nigeria”.
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