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Obasanjo Unfolds Why He Rejects El-Rufai As His Successor
Former President, Olusegun Obasanjo, has claimed that he rejected ex-Kaduna State Governor, Malam Nasir El-Rufai, as his successor.
El-Rufai initially as the Director-General of the Bureau of Public Enterprises (BPE) under the Obasanjo administration.
He then became the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, from 2003 to 2007.
When he left office in 2007, Obasanjo opted to support the late President Umaru Musa Yar’Adua as his successor.
Speaking in Abeokuta, Ogun State, at the second edition of the annual symposium of the Ajibosin Platform, Obasanjo revealed that former Minister of Aviation, Osita Chidoka, had recommended El-Rufai as his successor.
“Let him tell you. He didn’t mention that. He was pushing when I was leaving government that his friend, El-Rufai, should be brought in as my successor,” Obasanjo said refering to Chidoka.
Turning to Chidoka, Obasanjo asked, “No be so (Is that not true)?”
Chidoka nodded his head in agreement.
Obasanjo then added: “I did not yield to the pressure. Later, he said, ‘I suggested this person, why didn’t you agree?’ I said El-Rufai needs to mature. You remember?
“When I left government and, many years later, he saw the performances of El-Rufai, he came back to me and said, ‘You’re absolutely correct. El-Rufai needed to mature.’”
The Confederation of African Football (CAF) has announced Morocco as winners of the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations.
The CAF Appeal Board ruled in favour of Morocco, declaring that Senegal forfeited the AFCON final by walking off the field during the game.
Morocco were awarded a 3–0 walkover victory.
This decision upholds Morocco’s appeal following the chaotic events in the match.
DAILY POST recalls that the Senegal team briefly walked off the pitch in protest after a controversial penalty was awarded to Morocco late in regulation time.
They were called back to the field by their captain, Sadio Mané, and later won the game 1–0.
CAF determined that this action constituted a violation of Article 84, or the equivalent regulations concerning refusal to play or abandoning the field.
Under AFCON rules, a team that refuses to continue playing or leaves the field without authorization faces elimination and forfeiture of the match.
A total of three operatives of different security agencies in Anambra State collapsed during the inauguration of Anambra State Governor, Prof Chukwuma Soludo, on Tuesday.
The incident happened during the parade at the Dr Alex Ekwueme Square in Awka.
The three operatives are one male police operative, another male operative of the Directorate of State Services (DSS) and a female operative of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, NSCDC.
The police operative collapsed first, followed by the NSCDC operative, who slumped towards the end of the event and was later escorted to an ambulance, after she refused to be moved in a stretcher.
A source said the police operative was later resuscitated, but was still not stable, and was taken in an ambulance to Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu University Teaching Hospital, Amaku Awka.
The collapse of the service officers was attributed to fatigue and the long period of parade under harsh sunny weather.
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