{"id":6257,"date":"2013-07-10T03:27:51","date_gmt":"2013-07-10T03:27:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/disnaija.com\/nigerian-newspapers\/blundering-general-obasanjo-replies-alabi-isama\/"},"modified":"2013-07-10T03:27:51","modified_gmt":"2013-07-10T03:27:51","slug":"blundering-general-obasanjo-replies-alabi-isama","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/disnaija.com\/blundering-general-obasanjo-replies-alabi-isama\/","title":{"rendered":"Blundering General: Obasanjo replies Alabi-Isama"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Former President Olusegun Obasanjo yesterday fired back at another civil war hero, Brig.-Gen. Godwin Alabi-Isama.<\/p>\n

Gen. Alabi-Isama in an interview in The Nation on Sunday to promote his memoir, described Obasanjo as a blundering General in his review of Obasanjo\u2019s role during the civil war.<\/p>\n

At yesterday\u2019s Afe Babalola event, Obasanjo said: \u201cSome people call me General of blunders. If I commit a blunder and successfully ended the civil war that is good. If I commit a blunder and I monitored transition from military to civil rule, if I commit a blunder and after 20 years and spending three years in prison, I was persuaded to come and contest the election, great blunder. Spending eight years as Nigeria\u2019s President is another great blunder.\u201d<\/p>\n

But Gen. Alabi-Isama said in a telephone interview last night: \u201cObasanjo missed the point again. I am not a politician. The politicians in the country will judge his stewardship. I am just a military personnel. It is unnecessary to twist the story.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe story in my book is on the spot account of my stewardship as a Chief of Staff of the Third Marine Commando and Sector Commander.<\/p>\n

\u201cI am saying that his blunders include running away from the enemy and he was shot in the bottom. He lost over a thousand men in one hour of battle.\u201d<\/p>\n

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