Stop complaining about Buhari’s trips, Obasanjo travelled more —Oshiomhole

The National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Adams Oshiomhole, on Wednesday reacted to criticism of President Muhammadu Buhari’s foreign trips, saying the president was yet to match one of his predecessors on trips to foreign lands.

Oshiomhole, who faulted critics of the president’s frequent trips abroad, cited a book written by the late Gani Fawehinmi where he calculated the number of days former President Olusegun Obasanjo spent in foreign lands during his eight-year tenure.

He said: “Saying Mr. President involves in frequent trips is not correct. I remember very well, there is no president in recent Nigeria’s history, since 1999 till now, that travelled out of Nigeria as much as former President Olusegun Okikiola Aremu Obasanjo did.

“If you check through your newspapers and playback some of your electronic coverages, you will find where Gani Fawehinmi (of blessed memory) took time to calculate the number of days ex-President Obasanjo was out of Nigeria, visiting foreign countries.

“He even tried to calculate the number of hours he was spending on air comparing it to the number of hours he was spending on Nigerian soil. So, how can you, that was already an adult when Obasanjo was President suggest that Buhari travel more often than other persons? That is not correct.”

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