{"id":156917,"date":"2025-03-27T09:34:33","date_gmt":"2025-03-27T08:34:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/fubara-vs-wike-grandfather-of-hypocrisy-in-nigeria-presidency-knocks-obasanjo"},"modified":"2025-04-04T13:48:21","modified_gmt":"2025-04-04T12:48:21","slug":"fubara-vs-wike-grandfather-of-hypocrisy-in-nigeria-presidency-knocks-obasanjo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/fubara-vs-wike-grandfather-of-hypocrisy-in-nigeria-presidency-knocks-obasanjo","title":{"rendered":"Fubara vs Wike: \u2018Grandfather of hypocrisy in Nigeria\u2019 \u2013 Presidency knocks Obasanjo"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>The Presidency has slammed former President Olusegun Obasanjo for criticising President Bola Ahmed Tinubu\u2019s decision to declare a State of Emergency in Rivers State.<\/p>\n<p>Tinubu\u2019s Special Assistant on Social Media, Olusegun Dada, described Obasanjo as the grandfather of hypocrisy in Nigeria.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking in Abuja on Monday, the former president said \u201cDemocracy is not about power grabbing illegally and telling victims to go to court.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Obasanjo made the remark against the backdrop of Tinubu suspending Governor Sim Fubara of Rivers State, his deputy and members of the state of Assembly.<\/p>\n<p>However, Dada accused Obasanjo of turning himself into a kingmaker and a demigod in his second term in office between 2003-2004.<\/p>\n<p>A statement by Dada reads: \u201cComing to Obasanjo\u2019s remarks at the Ihedioha Colloquium, it is obvious that OBJ is trying every trick possible to whitewash his bad democratic records by trying to exonerate himself from blame for how Nigeria\u2019s democracy has fared.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is shocking to many who were adults during the Obasanjo 1999-2007 era to hear OBJ preaching that \u201cDemocracy is not about power grabbing illegally and telling victims to go to court. He even said democracy is dying in Nigeria.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is the same OBJ that turned himself into a kingmaker and a demigod in his second term in office between 2003-2004. Anybody who disagreed with him became prey.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cObasanjo is simply the grandfather of hypocrisy in Nigeria at the moment.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is an OBJ who worked with his then VP, Atiku Abubakar to steal opposition states for PDP thanks to their job man, Prof. Maurice Iwu who was INEC Chairman. OBJ made sure incumbent governors of Ekiti, Ogun, Osun, Ondo, and Oyo states who all belonged to AD were rigged out using federal might. Only Lagos survived the rigging onslaught.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAtiku himself later willingly confessed publicly how they spared only Lagos governed by Bola Tinubu in the South West that was formerly controlled by AD as of 1999.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Nigeria<\/span> Follow <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. The Presidency has slammed former President Olusegun Obasanjo for criticising President Bola Ahmed Tinubu\u2019s decision to declare a State of Emergency in Rivers State. Tinubu\u2019s Special Assistant on Social Media, Olusegun Dada, described Obasanjo as the grandfather of hypocrisy in Nigeria. Speaking in Abuja on Monday, the former president said \u201cDemocracy is [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":156916,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,14],"tags":[11700,254,479],"class_list":["post-156917","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-policy","tag-fubara-vs-wike","tag-nigeria","tag-obasanjo"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Fubara vs Wike: \u2018Grandfather of hypocrisy in Nigeria\u2019 \u2013 Presidency knocks Obasanjo - Nigeria<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The Presidency has slammed former President Olusegun Obasanjo for criticising President Bola Ahmed Tinubu\u2019s decision to ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/fubara-vs-wike-grandfather-of-hypocrisy-in-nigeria-presidency-knocks-obasanjo\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Fubara vs Wike: \u2018Grandfather of hypocrisy in Nigeria\u2019 \u2013 Presidency knocks Obasanjo\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Presidency has slammed former President Olusegun Obasanjo for criticising President Bola Ahmed Tinubu\u2019s decision to ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/fubara-vs-wike-grandfather-of-hypocrisy-in-nigeria-presidency-knocks-obasanjo\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Nigeria\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-03-27T08:34:33+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-04-04T12:48:21+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2025\/03\/sm_1743055720.23619.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"732\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"420\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/fubara-vs-wike-grandfather-of-hypocrisy-in-nigeria-presidency-knocks-obasanjo#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/fubara-vs-wike-grandfather-of-hypocrisy-in-nigeria-presidency-knocks-obasanjo\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Fubara vs Wike: \u2018Grandfather of hypocrisy in Nigeria\u2019 \u2013 Presidency knocks Obasanjo\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-03-27T08:34:33+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-04-04T12:48:21+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/fubara-vs-wike-grandfather-of-hypocrisy-in-nigeria-presidency-knocks-obasanjo\"},\"wordCount\":347,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/fubara-vs-wike-grandfather-of-hypocrisy-in-nigeria-presidency-knocks-obasanjo#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2025\/03\/sm_1743055720.23619.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Fubara vs Wike\",\"Nigeria\",\"Obasanjo\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"Policy\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/fubara-vs-wike-grandfather-of-hypocrisy-in-nigeria-presidency-knocks-obasanjo#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/fubara-vs-wike-grandfather-of-hypocrisy-in-nigeria-presidency-knocks-obasanjo\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/fubara-vs-wike-grandfather-of-hypocrisy-in-nigeria-presidency-knocks-obasanjo\",\"name\":\"Fubara vs Wike: \u2018Grandfather of hypocrisy in Nigeria\u2019 \u2013 Presidency knocks Obasanjo - 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