Leader Who Allow Xenophobic Attacks No Fit To Lead -Obasanjo

                              
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has said no Africa country can attain development in isolation.

Obasanjo, who said this during an interview on Liberty Radio, Kaduna on Saturday, chided South African leaders for allowing attacks on other African citizens to continue unabated.
He noted that if other African leaders should encourage attacks especially against South Africans, it would be calamitous for them (South Africans) and the entire continent.

The former President argued that it was unacceptable for the South African leaders to watch while their youths attack fellow Africans.
According to Obasanjo, any leader who allows xenophobic attacks to linger under his watch is not fit to be an African leader.

“No African country can attain development in isolation. They must move together as a continent if the desired development is to be achieved.

“What all African countries must remember is that Nigeria fought for the decolonisation of most of the African countries. But, whether anyone remembers what Nigeria did for the decolonisation of African countries or not is not even an issue, the issue is that any African must not be treated as unwanted in any part of Africa.

“Any leader who allows xenophobic attacks to happen and linger under his watch is not fit to be an African leader.

“If youths are behaving childishly, then, what is the leadership doing? It is understandable to see children behaving childishly, but if the leaders also behave childishly, that is a calamity for that country and for Africa.” He said