Obasanjo rose from humble begining to have greatness thrust upon him but only succeeded in becoming the most despised former ruler after the late despot Sani Abacha.With Abacha you knew what you were getting,pure evil and brutality but Obasanjo cunningly played and is still playing with our intelligence.
The retired General was once quoted while responding to a journalists question by saying 'i still dey laugh o,the man was obviously having a laugh at our expense after overseeing eight years of corruption.He was celebrated for returning Nigeria back to civil rule after many years of military rule and even considered for United Nations post.
This was a man who was brought from jail to Presidency like Nelson Mandela,this is where the comparison ends,while Mandela went on to become an international elder statesman Obasanjo took the opportunity to line his pocket and further improverish already suffering Nigerians.
They say power corrupts and absolute power corrupts absolutely,he got so powerdrunk that he toyed with the idea of running for third term but for the grace of God.
Obasanjo is known for his vindictiveness and unforgiving spirit,ask Audu Ogbe(former PDP chairman)who criticised him in public and was asked to resign after eating pounded yam and egusi while begging for forgiveness.Or his former bestfriend Johnson Fasawe,erstwhile deputy Atiku Abubakar,former godson Gbenga Daniel.
Obasanjo always the attention seeker,rather than hide and enjoy his loot in his Abeokuta hilltop mansion seizes every opportunity to play the kingmaker.Those whom the gods want to kill,they first make them mad.Baba Iyabo is going through his madness at the moment,that's why he still dey laugh.Soon the chicken would come home to roost and obasanjo will fulfil the prophecy,end up where he came from and that's not the seat of power but behind bars.