By Sunday Etuka, Abuja
Nigerian Politician, Author and Human Rights Activist, Senator Shehu Sani has disclosed that the late Chief Ogbonaya Onu could have been Nigeria’s President.
Senator Sani who wrote on his X handle said, Onu could have been President in 1999 after he won the APP primaries in Kaduna attended by the likes of the late Ikemba of Nnewi, Chief Ojukwu.
However, Sani said, he was deliberately displaced after a midnight merger with the then AD, alleging that the military wanted Obasanjo and Falae.
He noted that the late Chief Onu was one of Nigeria’s most distinguished,decent and disciplined political figures in history.
“He has been an influential figure in Nigeria’s politics for over four decades.
“A Senator in the second republic, a Governor in the third republic and a Presidential Candidate, Party Chairman and Minister in the fourth republic.
“He is a rare breed politician who lived as unstained, untainted and unblemished like his white apparel.
“He was a man who lived and served his country with decorum and impactful anonymity.
“He was a true patriot whose nationalist credentials can’t be faulted by any section of the country”, he said.
Senator Sani said, Onu was an unnoticed and unappreciated gentleman and national leader in words and in deeds, adding that he lived above politics of rancour and controversy.
He said, “in 1999, the outgoing military wanted power to shift to the South West. Onu was a Simple man.
“His known residence in Asokoro remains the one rented for him by his party the ANPP, when he was elected its Chairman.
“He remained there throughout his tenure as a minister. May his soul rest in peace”, he said.
