Itse Sagay, chairman of presidential advisory committee against
corruption (PACAC), says former president Olusegun Obasanjo is suffering
from power withdrawal syndrome.
The constitutional lawyer said Obasanjo does not portray himself as a former president of the country.
Sagay said unlike his contemporaries, Obasanjo lacks respect, dignity, restraint and decorum.
In reaction to Obasanjo’s latest criticism of President Muhammadu
Buhari, Sagay said: “We have had a number of former heads of state,
namely Gowon, Shagari, Babangida, Abubakar Salami and Jonathan. All of
these have exercised discretion, restraint and self-discipline in
relation to their successors, but not Obasanjo.”
He said Obasanjo sees himself as the president-general of Nigeria for life, hence his “meddlesome” streak.
“It strikes me as a case of one who has never recovered from the loss of power,” Sagay said in a statement released on Tuesday.
“By his meddlesomeness, rude and uncouth attitude towards later heads of
state, it is clear that he is addicted to a substance called ‘power’,
and is angry and resentful towards any other person exercising it.
“The truth is that Obasanjo has never recovered from his power addiction
and in his own mind, he is the President-General of Nigeria for life.
“Obasanjo believes that he can break all rules and ethics but it is a
crime for others to even appear to follow his footsteps in that regard.
“He is a man who is not conscious of a sense of wrongdoing and is
probably unaware of the long list of depredations trailing his
footsteps.
“The man is not just immoral, he is worse; he is amoral, i.e., he lacks a
sense of right or wrong. Obasanjo is now an old man. It is now
imperative that he learns to exercise some discretion and restraint in
his public statements.
“His bombastic, false, misleading and destructive outbursts, are not
befitting of a so-called Elder Stateman, even more less of a former
president.”
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