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Former Ghana President and Head of State Jerry Rawlings has stated that many Nigerians still love their oppressors.
Rawlings noted this in Accra on Thursday during a closed-door meeting with 2019 presidential aspirant Omoyele Sowore.
A statement from Rawlings’ media team noted that Sowore and their principal discussed a range of things like youth leadership in the continent.
“It was a closed-door meeting, but one of the things that came out of it was that Rawlings said, ‘Chief, you know your generation should be the ones in power but there is huge problem, things are gonna be tight!'” the statement read.
“Sowore quickly interrupted, asking if it was about ‘money politics’, after which Rawlings took a deep breath and after a long drawn silence, stated: ‘You know, Nigerians are still in love with their oppressors.’
“If there is a reason that our leaders buy up luxurious apartments and send their children to school in Ghana, it is thanks in no small part to the tireless, uncompromising work of JJ Rawlings.”