Presidential aide Dada Olusegun has accused former President Olusegun Obasanjo of being the architect of corruption in Nigeria and envious of President Bola Tinubu’s leadership.
In a post on X on Thursday, March 13, Olusegun lashed out at Obasanjo following his criticism of Tinubu and Vice President Kashim Shettima in his new book. The former president had described the Lagos-Calabar coastal highway as a wasteful and corrupt project and referred to Tinubu’s administration as being led by “small minds.”
Reacting, Olusegun argued that Obasanjo’s legacy was one of corruption and missed opportunities.
“Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has just published a memoir containing claims that would further relegate his integrity as the leader who opened Nigeria to the cankerworms of corruption by neglecting important projects that could have changed the trajectory of this country if he had focused on what mattered in his days,” he said.
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He defended the Lagos-Calabar coastal highway, insisting it would transform Nigeria’s economy and suggested Obasanjo was envious of Tinubu’s vision.
“Like the Sokoto-Badagry Highway and Lagos-Abuja Highway, the Lagos-Calabar Coastal Road is a project that will change the economic landscape of our country FOR LIFE and former President OBJ must pretend not to be jealous of the master strategist who is rewriting the history of the southwestern presidency by fixing all that needs to be fixed across the country,” Olusegun stated.
Obasanjo’s new book, Nigeria: Past and Future, has sparked heated debate. In it, he condemned the Tinubu administration’s decision to spend ₦21 billion on an official residence for Shettima, calling it a wasteful venture.
He wrote, “And the new vice-president’s official residence was built at a cost of ₦21 billion in the time of economic hardship to showcase the administration hitting the ground running and to show the importance of the office of the vice-president. What small minds!”