APC condemns Jonathan's reply to OBJ's letter

The All Progressives Congress (APC) has taken a swing on the Presidency for 'engaging former President Olusegun Obasanjo in a hot exchange of words in what may now be described as 'lettergate'.'

The APC, in a statement yesterday by its National Publicity Secretary, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, said while it is not interested in joining the fray over the issues contained in the letters written by both men, the decision by the President to go personal in his reaction crossed the threshold of decency and brought the Presidency – and indeed the country – into disrepute.

The opposition party said 'in other climes, the President would have simply issued a terse response to such a letter, denying the allegations that border on national security, if any; as well as saying the former President's observations have been noted and that the government would study them and then engage with the former President in private while assuring that the ship of state is on course.

'Instead, the President's response read like the stuff of gossip magazines and the exchange of words, felt like what one would have expected in a beer parlour. At the end of the day, the Presidency allowed Obasanjo to take the higher moral ground by simply insisting on the allegations he made in his letter and saying he would not respond to the Presidency's reply.'