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Old Sep 10, 2007 , 01:04 AM   # 4 (permalink)
Default Re: In Defence of Obasanjo



Originally Posted by Zanderlex View Post
Even the dreaded Anini did some good...
GBAM GBAM GBAM GBAM GBAM. People forget that depending on who you ask that all these leaders Max compares to Obsanjo would have something about them that they like.

Originally Posted by Zanderlex View Post
The point is that Obasanjo had the chance on multiple occasions to make Nigeria better than it is today but he made a concious choice out of selfishness to lead Nigeria to the path of slow death by the singular action of masterminding the emergence of an illegitimate government
More Gbosas for you but it even goes beyond the elections. The fact that we have no physical infastructure to boast off, despite the high record oil revenue that his adminsitration got relative to all others, it just makes you wonder. People talk about buying shares all the time, but yet there are no hospitals, no roads and no food to eat.

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