Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has stated that while both God and Satan have the power to enthrone leaders, only those chosen by God will succeed.
He spoke during a Zoom programme titled “Boiling Point Arena,” hosted by a radio station in Abeokuta, Ogun state capital, on Sunday night.
The former president challenged the popular notion that God makes all leaders.
When asked if he considered himself an accidental leader, Obasanjo said, “So, I will say most leaders are prepared by God and they put in place by God and when that happens the chances of success are higher than when you make yourself a leader which may not be the act of God.
“And again people saying all leaders are made by God, I don’t accept that. A leader can also be made by Satan. In the case of Job, you can remember Satan was going up and down and went before God and God was commending Job but Satan said Job was upright to God because he has gotten from God.
“We must accept that Satan is real and he has power, he has no salvation but he has power and the power of Satan must not be underrated.”
This comes days after the Catholic Archbishop of Sokoto Diocese, Matthew Kukah, said that President Bola Tinubu, his predecessor Muhammadu Buhari, and other previous heads of state were not fully prepared before taking over power.
He insisted that Tinubu and other past leaders found themselves in power by accident.
He lamented that the fundamental element missing in Nigerian leadership is knowledge.
The clergyman expressed concern that democracy appears to be malfunctioning under successive administrations.
