My Choice of Successor was Not Poor - Obasanjo

Former President, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, has refuted views by critics that he may have made a poor judgment in choosing a successor before he left office.

The former president who made the statement on Wednesday in an exclusive interview with Channels Television at his hill top residence in Abeokuta while giving his opinion about some views of persons who reviewed the book, ‘My Watch’ said;

“Even if you take your son as your successor, you are not sure of what he will do when he gets there. Don’t ever kid yourself.

“What do I know about any successor? What he presents, when he gets there, he presents it differently.

“We did our best, but if you say our best is not good enough, I will say, when it comes to your turn, do better.

“With all the people who are available for successor, what we came up with was about the best that at that time we could think of,” he said.

Obasanjo further stressed that he could not have selected someone he knew was corrupt for the position of a president.

“Is it the one that we know are corrupt that we will now go and take? No!

“If I give the job to the corrupt, will I be able to defend myself before God and man?” he asked.