Tsohon Shugaban Nijeriya, Olusegun Obasanjo, ya bayyana cewa hali a Nijeriya ta kasa da kasa ta zama mawuya. A jawabinsa da ya gabatar a taron Chinua Achebe Leadership Forum, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, USA, Obasanjo ya ce, “Kamar yadda duniya ke gani da fahimta, hali a Nijeriya mawuya ne”[3][4].
Obasanjo, wanda ake zargin yake a Jamhuriyar Dimokaradiyyar Kongo amma ya gabatar da jawabinsa ta hanyar vidio da ya kai daqiqar 25, ya nuna cewa a kasashen kama na Singapore, “Gwamnati ta kasance mai amsa ga bukatun canji na al’umma ta kasa da kasa, kuma ta saka jari katika fannoni kama na kiwon lafiya, ilimi, da farfaɗo na zamantakewa…. Hali a Nijeriya, kamar yadda muke gani da fahimta, mawuya ne. Kuwa da zina da rushewar ƙasa, ƙasa ta shiga cikin kiyayya, tsoratarwa, rikici, rarrabuwa, raba kan jam’iyya, kishin kasa, tashin hankali, matasa suna tashin hankali, kuskure, tashin hankali, da marasa ci gaba”[3].
Obasanjo ya kuma nuna cewa, “Wannan shi ne hali a Nijeriya a lokacin mulkin Baba-go-slow da Emilokan. Matsayin ƙasa maraƙi a Nijeriya an tabbatar da shi kuma ana ganinsa ta hanyar illolin matakin rushewar da muke fuskanta na zina, matsakaicin daraja, zinace, rashin adalci, rashin inganci da sauran manyan laifuffuka. Amma ina imani, akwai umarni”[3][4].
Obasanjo ya kuma ambaci wata takarda ƙarama da aka buga a shekarar 1983 mai taken “The Trouble with Nigeria” ta Chinua Achebe, inda ya amince cewa, “Kuskuren Nijeriya shi ne kawai kuskuren shugabanci…. Matsalar Nijeriya ita ce kishin ko rashin iya shugabannin ƙasar su tashi zuwa ga alhakin, ga ƙalubale na misalin kai wanda su ne alamun gaskiya na shugabanci”[3].
Obasanjo ya kuma bayyana cewa, masanin siyasa na Amurka biyu, Robert Rotberg da John Campbell, sun yi kira da suka nuna matsayin ƙasa maraƙi a Nijeriya da illolin da zai iya yiwa nahiyar Afrika idan aka biya laifi da girman ƙasar, ikon tattalin arziƙi, da yawan jama’a, da sauran su[3].
