GEJ Confirms Receipt Of Obasanjo's 'Self-Serving, Highly Provocative Letter'

SAN FRANCISCO, December 11, 2013, (THEWILL) - The Nigerian Presidency Wednesday confirmed the receipt of a vexatious letter addressed to President Goodluck Jonathan by former President Olusegun Obasanjo. The Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Reuben Abati, in a statement described Obasanjo's letter as 'unbecoming, self-serving, mischievous and highly provocative', whilst also accusing the former President of deliberately leaking the letter 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.' The full text of the statement reads, '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.' Click to read Chief Olusegun Obasanjo's letter here. http://www.elombah.com/OBJ-Letter.pdf