The Presidency on Wednesday
reacted to the letter written by former Preisent Olusegun Obasanjo in which he
accused the President of returning Nigeria to the dark Abacha years. In a
release, Media Adviser to President Goodluck Jonathan, Dr Reuben Abati
described Obasanjo’s letter as self-serving and provocative.
Below is the text of the
response from the Presidency.
“OBASANJO’S LETTER
UNBECOMING, SELF-SERVING AND HIGHLY PROVOCATIVE”
We have noted the
publication on several websites today of a letter recently written by Chief
Olusegun Obasanjo to President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan.
The Presidency acknowledges
that it has indeed received the said letter from Chief Obasanjo.
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.
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.
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.
Reuben Abati
Special Adviser to the
President
(Media & Publicity)
December 11, 2013″
No comments:
Post a Comment
WE APPRECIATE YOUR COMMENT. THIS IS KAF COMMUNITY