“I Will Nominate Obasanjo For Nobel Peace Prize” – Atiku

By Adesina Soyooye

Presidential candidate of the  Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Atiku Abubakar, says he will nominate former Nigeria’s President, Olusegun Obasanjo for the high profile Nobel Peace Prize.

Atiku’s decision stems from the peace which Obasanjo, a few days ago, brokered between waring Ethiopian factions thus bringing calm to the, otherwise, boiling African country.

In a series of tweets on Saturday, Atiku celebrated Obasanjo and commended what he called the former President’s “extraordinary prowess.” Atiku  also, recommended to the Nigerian Government to put Obasanjo’s photograph on one of the three  denominations of  Naira notes – N200, N500, N1000 – billed for redesigning.

Celebrating Obasanjo’s  Ethiopian fit, Atiku said:

” I am not surprised. I know my boss. He did the same thing in Liberia and Sao Tome and Principe during our time in office.

“If for nothing else, he is most deserving of a  Nobel Peace Prize, and I will nominate him when enteries are open for nominations.

“Africa is blessed to have a statesman of such impeccable democratic credentials as Chief Obasanjo. A man whose image ought to be in the redesigned Naira note to inspire future generations of Nigerians to sacrifice for their Nation and Continent.”

Atiku was Obasanjo’s Vice President under the PDP Government between 1999 and 2007. Their second term in office was not smooth. Both of them fell out over allegations and counter-allegations against each other.

While Obasanjo accused Atiku of corruption and made a couple of fruitless efforts to remove him from office, Atiku accused Obasanjo of anti-democratic tendencies, and led the battle to abort Obasanjo’s third term aspiration.

However, in 2019, Obasanjo backed Atiku against President Muhammadu Buhari who he had backed in 2015. Atiku lost.

Against 2023, Obasanjo has not made public who he is backing. But his body language points to Peter Obi, the candidate of the Labour Party.