Wednesday, 11 December 2013
President Goodluck Jonathan on Wednesday night hit back at former President Olusegun Obasanjo over the letter he (Obasanjo) wrote to President Goodluck Jonathan, saying it was malicious, indecent of him as an elder statesman to write such a letter.
Dr. Reuben Abati the special adviser to the president on media and publicity,noted in a statement last night that, while President Jonathan did receive the letter from his predecessor, Obasanjo deliberately leaked it to the media just to impugn and denigrate the integrity of his successor, saying the president would issue a full response to the issues raised in the letter.
Abati stated: "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 take 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."
