President Goodluck Johnathan To Respond To Obasanjo Personally

President Goodluck Jonathan plans to pay
former President Olusegun Obasanjo a visit by
himself for the hard-hitting letter the old man
sent to him, which was leaked to the press
today.

A statement by presidential spokesman
Reuben Abati this evening in Abuja said that
while the presidency acknowledged receiving
the letter, Mr. Jonathan had directed that
none of his aides or any government official
should join issues with Chief Obasanjo over it.

“The President himself will, at the appropriate
time, offer a full personal response to the most
reckless, baseless, unjustifiable and
indecorous charges levied against him and
his administration by the former Head of
State,” the spokesman said.

“We however find it highly unbecoming,
mischievous and provocative that a letter
written by a former Head of State and
respected elder statesman to President
Jonathan has been deliberately leaked to the
mass media in a deplorable effort to impugn
the integrity of the President and denigrate his
commitment to giving Nigeria the best possible
leadership,” the statement said.

“While many patriotic, objective and well-
meaning Nigerians have already condemned
the leaked letter as self-serving, hypocritical,
malicious, indecent, and very disrespectful of
the highest office in the land, President
Jonathan has directed that none of his aides
or any government official should join issues
with Chief Obasanjo over it.”

Giving 10 reasons for choosing to write the
18-page “Before It is Too Late” letter, but
citing four or more previous letters that were
not even acknowledged by the President,
Obasanjo accused Jonathan of lying,
promoting corruption and destroying Nigeria.

“As a leader, two things you must cherish and
hold dear among others are trust and honour
both of which are important ingredients of
character,” the former President wrote. “I will
want to see anyone in the Office of the
Presidency of Nigeria as a man or woman who
can be trusted, a person of honour in his
words and character.”

Analysts say Mr. Jonathan’s approach aims
to avoid a situation where his aides, trying to
please him, would attack the former leader
publicly, which would worsen the conflict and
put any form of reconciliation between the two
men and within the party out of reach.

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