Falana blames Obasanjo, IBB for nation’s woes
Obasanjo, Babangida
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Lagos
lawyer, Mr. Femi Falana, on Monday blamed the current woes confronting
the country on two former heads of state Generals Olusegun Obasanjo and
Ibrahim Babangida.
Falana critisised the two former leaders in a
statement on Monday following a joint statement by the duo stating that
there was “poverty, fear and uncertainty” in the country.
Obasanjo and Babangida had, in their statement on
Sunday, warned that the consequences of the current state of the country
were capable of affecting national unity. They added that the loss of
innocent lives being experienced across the country was no longer
bearable.
However, Falana accused the former heads of state of
misrule, failing to harness the nation’s resources, a development which
he said, led to the current condition of the country.
He said, “For about 20 years both of them misruled
and wasted the rare oppotunity to harness our abundant resources to make
Nigeria one of the leading nations in the world, hence, ence the
current state of poverty, fear and uncertainty.”
He described as an arrogant posture, the failure of
both of them to apologise to Nigerians in their statement for the havoc
their regimes had caused the country.
The human rights lawyer said Nigeria had witnessed
ethno-religious clashes which claimed many lives and destruction of
property under their regimes.
