The Minister of State for Defence, Senator
Musiliu Obanikoro, yesterday in Warri, Delta
State took time out to reply Senator Bola
Ahmed Tinubu while rounding off his visit to
Naval formations for calling President
Goodluck Jonathan a dictator.
The minister described President Jonathan as
one who wraps himself with a democratic
gown and therefore cannot be in a hurry to
take decisions that are far-reaching and
binding. He also lashed that, Tinubu is the
one who picks who and who not to occupy
certain positions in APC.
Speaking further he said, “You cannot
describe the president as clueless. The
President is a man who has wrapped himself
fully in a democratic gown. And to wrap
himself in a democratic gown, you cannot be
in a hurry to take decisions. You must always
have a balanced position on all issues. When
President Olusegun Obasanjo was there,
people complained of high-handedness.
“When President Yar’Adua was there, there
were some complaints. Now that Jonathan is
there, he is trying to be democratic in every
sense of it and every now and then, he is
using his power to ensure certain things are
done properly. People are saying he is
becoming dictatorial.
“That is not dictatorship. Even in democracy,
the law allows some elements of enforcement.
If the enforcement is now interpreted to
mean dictatorship, then, something must be
wrong with us,” the minister said.
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