You're A Malicious, Indecent Hypocrite, Presidency Tells Obasanjo
The
presidency on Wednesday night hit back at former President Olusegun
Obasanjo over the letter he wrote to President Goodluck Jonathan, saying
it was malicious, indecent of him as an elder statesman to write such a
letter.
Special adviser to the president on media and publicity, Dr. Reuben
Abati 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."
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