egift: I will not be surprised if those that insulted OBJ for publicly writing Jonathan, will praise Iyabo for publicly writing OBJ.

BTW, Iyabo should not expect any sympathy from me, she did not suffer hardship than the rest of us. She and her daddy loot the nation dry. Telling us what we already know about his "do or die" father does not diminish the accusation against GEJ. I will only give her a pass because she stated that Jonathan is only accelerating the evil OBJ started.

BabaOlowo: The Letter is FAKE!!!!

eGuerrilla:

You can download the pdf version from the Vanguard newspaper website.

temysmith: can someone summarise it for me.......

49cents: People ar just booking space rather than reading throught the text!!!

Anyway I don't think Iyabo did the right thing. In writing this letter

dick hardener: This is disgusting. It doesn't matter what your father did, you aren't going to leverage your aspiration for significant prominence on a platform of smearing your own father to 160million people. Strong head pikin, your status today is a product of your father's input whether at the preliminary stage of your life or a later part of it.

I had told you I wasn’t going to run in 2011 but you manipulated me to run; that was my mistake. Losing was a blessing. As usual you wanted me to run for your self-serving purpose to perpetuate your name in the political realm and as the liar that you are, you later denied that it was you who wanted me to run in 2011.

Big.game:
Nemesis

Opiosko: Speachless

Genius100:

Chief, but the letter is not signed. Have you wondered why?

In the 11-page letter dated December 16, 2013 exclusively obtained by Vanguard, Iyabo accused her father of orchestrating a third term for himself as president, cruelty to family members, abandonment of children and grandchildren, and also, a legendary reputation of maltreatment of women.

Iyabo who forswore further political engagements in Nigeria denied any political motive for her missive, and described Nigeria as a country where her father and his ilk have helped to create a situation where smart, capable people bend down to imbeciles to survive. She particularly noted her experience as chairman of the Senate Committee on Health when she led the committee on a retreat appropriated for in the budget only for her to be prosecuted for it.

Iyabo, first child of the former president, started the letter titled, Open Letter to my Father with a 4th century Chinese proverb by Mencius which states: “The great man is he who does not lose his child’s heart.”

payless: Wow! Like father, like daughter. Iyabo just confirmed what many of us know about her father. Obasanjo is a self centered man who takes no prisoner. Obasanjo is a provocative and vindictive man. He forgives no one that offends him. A trait common with the people of Owu. Sorry as no disrespect to any Owu.

What I see here is a daughter who is looking for relevance in public eyes. She did not address the allegation her father made about Jonathan. Did Iyabo benefit from the largesse stolen by her father? Iyabo is a beneficiary of so many juicy positions due to her father's status in Nigeria. She couldn't have been a commissioner of health or senator without her father and Maurice Iwu manipulating results in her favor. Iyabo herself is well known by her peers as someone who possesses the same traits as her father. Iyabo became a Senator through a cooked result by Maurice Iwu. This is the same Iyabo who jumped over 7-foot fence to evade arrest in 2008. This is the same Iyabo that has a pending case in court on corruption charges. She also needs to re-write this epistle again and tell us how much she benefited from her father being Nigerian President.


Having said all that above, Jonathan still owes Nigerians an explanation about allegations made by Obasanjo. These are valid allegations that must be investigated. If the allegations found to be true, Jonathan deserves to be booted out. If those allegations found to be untrue, then he deserves an apology from us.



Someone needs to authenticate this open letter......................


Did Iyabo truly write this open letter?

ManTiger:
Resident Evil 1, 2 or 3?