CHIEF Mathew Okikiola    Aremu Olusegun Obasanjo is a household name in the country. Apart from being a famous person due to his political visibility, he is  indeed the most opportuned living Nigerian former Head of State. He is  hugely successful in military exploits, a notable farmer, eminent entrepreneur, founder of academic institutions including a university and a globally acclaimed library.

MANY of his  peers have reasons to envy him. He rose to the rank of a General in the Nigerian Army and triumphantly  capped  it with being a military Head of State and a two-term civilian president.

HIS records  are evidently  and pointedly intimidating and unsurpassed. A  military hero who led Nigeria to victory  against Biafra. In Nigeria today, he remains the only  military ruler to have voluntarily handed over power to civilians. The enigma whose sobriquet is Ebora  Owu, meaning (ghommid) was sent to  gulag  by the Abacha regime from where he came back   to  be the president of the country. No Nigerian leader has ever  achieved the feat.

OBASANJO holds a  Ph.D.  in Christian Theology  11 years after relinquishing power.

A prolific writer, author of many books and founder of the prestigious  Obasanjo  Farms and  Obasanjo library which  sit  atop of 32  hectares  of land at Oke Mosan  Abeokuta is a centre of tourism and academic research.

AT family level, he is prodigiously prolific with many wives and  successful children who have Ph.Ds in their respective  endeavours.

IT is difficult for this greatly successful human being to be humble  erroneously  assuming that  other unlucky and unsuccessful persons of his generations are fools

A  psycho analysis of the man depicts him of   arrogance,  pride,  vengeance and self promotion. His latest letter of endorsement of Mr. Peter Obi, the Labour Party presidential candidate like others have triggered  a national brouhaha and will continue to generate discussions even after the February 25 general elections.

THE crux of the matter is whether  Obasanjo was right to endorse any of the presidential candidates jockeying for election  come next February. The answer is Yes or No depending  on which side of the pendulum you belong. Obasanjo as a Nigerian citizen is  obviously and eminently qualified to endorse anybody and has a   constitutional right  to do so,  but the value of the endorsement remains  a  guess.

MANY Nigerians have faulted all the parameters canvassed by Obasanjo for his endorsement of Mr. Obi. If Mr. Obi as excellently advertised by Obasanjo is the best among the  contenders now, how come he bluntly refused to endorse Chief Obafemi  Awolowo in 1979 who Obasanjo  cynically  thumbed down    that  “the best candidate may not  win”  in that  election.

PERHAPS,  if Awo  who is the  real Ebora of Yoruba race had won that election against the  Lilliputian Shehu Shagari, many of the problems starring the country frontally  would have been solved .

OBASANJO,  if truth must be told is one of the primary problems  of Nigeria and should stop playing the messiah .

OBASANJO must henceforth refrain from provoking  in particular  the Yoruba race whom he had undeservedly benefitted from their struggles without acknowledging or believing  the political goodwill.

HIS latest letter is a sad reminder of his perfidious campaigns against the late sage, Chief Obafemi Awolowo and business Mogul, Chief  M.K. O. Abiola. The high expectation of  Nigerians  is  that their leaders dead or alive would wish the country a healthy and political rebound to make it the toast of global community. Those who have been lucky  to be in the saddle of power  must not push their luck too far by stoking old wounds, tribal and religious sentiments to   further  jag the rough wounds of the nation.

THE Hope counsels  Obasanjo to seek the path of a true,  National leader in his views  by continuing  to  play  a father figure to all.