Public affairs commentator Mahdi Shehu has taken a swipe at former Nigerian leaders, including Olusegun Obasanjo and Muhammadu Buhari, while commending Goodluck Jonathan for what he called a rare act of statesmanship during his time in office.
In a post shared on X on Monday, the 23rd of March, 2026, Shehu said Jonathan would earn a favourable place in history for conceding defeat in the 2015 presidential election.
“President Jonathan has his own character flaw, but history will be kind and fair to him for surrendering power at the point of blackmail so as to save the blood of innocent Nigerians,” he said.
He was more critical of Obasanjo, accusing the former president of a pattern of negative conduct.
“Obasanjo will continue to harvest evil for evil, treachery for treachery, hate for hate, greed for greed and selfishness for selfishness,” Shehu stated.
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Turning to Buhari, Shehu said future historians would scrutinise his eight years in office and question his legacy.
“No matter the volumes written on PMB, historians will write and document how Buhari’s eight years of stewardship will continue to be a reference point of empty, false and fluid claims of honesty, ineptitude, zero capacity and how to preside over the destruction of a nation,” he said.
He also criticised Obasanjo’s ongoing interventions in national discourse, questioning the intent behind them.
“Anything being championed by Obasanjo is neither for God nor for country. Beneath it are articulated venom of treachery, hate and vindictiveness,” he added.