Obasanjo, in an 18-page letter, dated...
Decemer 2, 2013, also expressed
his utter disgust at the way President Goodluck Jonathan, is directing
the affairs of the country.
The former Head of State also accused Jonathan of towing the path of
the late maximum military ruler, Gen Sani Abacha, with his style of
leadership.
While the President was away in Pretoria, South Africa, along with
world leaders to take part in the memorial service organised for the
late South African former President, Nelson Mandela, the scathing
letter went public.
It copiously portrayed Jonathan as an inept leader leading the country
on the path of destruction.
Titled 'Before it is too late', Obasanjo did not mince words as the
author in him showed forth in his careful use of words, selected to
drive home his grief in the way the country is now being run.
"I could sense a semblance between the situation that we are gradually
getting into and the situation we fell into as a nation during the
(late Sani) Abacha era," he said.
Acknowledging Jonathan's recognition of him as "third after God and
your parents among those that have impacted most" on the president's
life, Obasanjo used the medium to further divulge communication that
hitherto would have remained personal issues.
"I have had opportunity, in recent times, to interact closely with you
and I have come to the conclusion painfully or happily that if you can
shun yourself to a great extent of personal and political interests
and dwell more on the national interest and also draw the line between
advice from selfish and self-centered aides and advice from those who
in the interest of the nation may not tell you what you will want to
hear, it will be well," he said.
The former presidents puts the crisis rocking the Peoples Democratic
Party squarely on the President, accusing the PDP Chairman, Alhaji
Bamanga Tukur, of merely following the tune of the piper, in this case
that of the president.
According to him, the real cause of the crisis became clear, "when the
national chairman spoke out that he never did anything or acted in any
way without the approval or concurrence of the party leader."
Obasanjo accused the president of being a paymaster acting for a
definitive purpose for which deceit and deception seem to be the major
ingredients.
The former president's accusation also bothered on tribalism, ethnic
sentiment and selfish ambition.
See oooooo! Even obasanjo ? Wonders shall never end ,this man shuld better die ,in his own time wat was his major acheivement. I ask ? Well is a world of critics anyway , but am sure the best thing that ever happened to this country is Goodluck 's leadership skills ,calm n focused .
ReplyDeleteI downloaded d full 18 page letter on my phone and assessed all the allegations. Obj was right. Jonathan is not a decisive leader. He is a man without honour. I remember when he denied being a party to the zoning agreement he signed, he also said he won't be running for a second term but his body language disagrees. Jonathan also engaged in anti-party activies cos he didn't even raise Nwoye's hand when he came to Onitsha. He was distant that day and couldn't support his party member, that's cos of his 2015 ambition for re-election. So that Anambra would vote for him. I agree that Obj had many flaws but I prefer his leadership to Jonathan's
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