Aremo Olusegun Osoba, former
governor of Ogun State, who
was cited in the letter,
confirmed the meeting between
him and Iyabo in
Massachusetts, United States
but distanced himself from the
plot allegedly cited by her father
to empower her with the ticket
of the All Progressives
Congress, APC for the next
round of elections.
Besides, Aremo Osoba, several
prominent Yoruba elders spoke
on the development among
whom were Afenifere leader,
Chief Rueben Fasoranti,
Afenifere bigwig, Chief Ayo
Adebanjo, Dr. Frederick
Fasehun, Chief Ebenezer
Babatope and Hon. Femi
Kehinde, a former member of
the House of Representatives.
Senator Iyabo Obasanjo had
written an open letter to her
father accusing him of being a
liar, manipulator, wife-basher
and hypocrite who was
desperate for a third term
despite his denials to the
contrary.
Following the hoopla over her
letter,Iyabo spoke severally to
Vanguard, yesterday. Asked to
respond to claims that she had
denied the authorship of the
letter written to her father,
Iyabo, who holds a doctorate in
epidemology and now resident
in the United States, said:
“No, no, no, that is not true.
How can you live by social
media? That is part of the
problem with Nigeria, people
want to be flying rumours. I
have not told anybody o! It is
early morning here and I just
woke up and if I were you I
would just ignore them,”
Senator Obasanjo said.
“People are calling me and
telling me that they called Baba
but if I say I am not talking to
someone (her father), how can
you say you called the person
and the person will tell you
what is on my mind?” she asked
Giving reasons on why she
broke off, she said that after a
break from relating with
Obasanjo, she found out days
ago that her father would not
change from the manipulative
person she had known all along.
“The whole of last year I didn’t
speak to him and I just started
speaking to him recently, and
the last time he was trying to
manipulate me to say, this, say
that. I can’t be saying no when
you say no.
“The last time I spoke to him
was three days ago and I
decided that I was not going to
speak to him again after that.
That was the communication
through which I realized that
this man would never change
from manipulations for
himself.”
Dismissing her unsolicited
canvassers on social media, she
said:
“I was surprised that they would
say that they called Baba, and I
said to myself, are these people
mad? How can you call the
person that I said I am not
talking to, to ask him whether I
wrote a letter or not and he is
going to speak for me?
“Nobody can say that I told him
that I didn’t write it. I am not a
liar. I will not back away from
what I wrote and there is
nothing that is there that is a
lie. In the last four years how
many of them have spoken to
me? They are all mad people,”
she said.
At press time last night, close
associates of the former
president who spoke under
conditions of strict anonymity
told Vanguard that Iyabo had
not called her father to deny
that she wrote the letter.
Iyabo did the right thing —
Fasoranti, Afenifere leader
Leader of Pan-Yoruba socio-
cultural organisation, Afenifere,
Chief Reuben Fasoranti
commended Iyabo, saying she
has done the right thing.
In a telephone chat with
Vanguard, Chief Fasoranti said:
“I think she has spoken the
truth, she is his daughter and I
think what Obasanjo said in his
letter about Jonathan is highly
provocative. He is creating the
impression that he is a holier-
than-thou person.
He is not right. Other elder
statesmen in other countries
keep things like this to
themselves, they do not make
any comment. He should stop
haunting those who are in office
because he is creating the
impression that he is the best
person. It is wrong. What Iyabo
has done is perfectly right.”
Iyabo spoke her mind —
Adebanjo
Also, Afenifere bigwig, Chief
Ayo Adebanjo said what
Senator Iyabo Obasanjo did
should not surprise anyone.
In a telephone chat, Chief
Adebanjo said: “What people
like us have been saying about
the man (Obasanjo) is being
confirmed by the daughter.
There is nothing she has said in
that letter that is not true or
that will be a surprise. The
daughter has also confirmed it
that he (Obasanjo) likes
hypocrites to surround him and
he (Obasanjo) does not like to
hear the truth. There is nothing
strange in what she has said.
She has only spoken her mind
in a clear and logical manner.
She has said that it was their
mother that struggled for the
education they got; that they
have never benefited from his
(Obasanjo’s) position.”
It’s a fabrication — Fasehun
On his part, founder of Oodua
Peoples Congress, OPC, Dr.
Fredrick Fasheun said the letter
was fabricated.
Fasehun, who spoke with
Vanguard on the telephone, said
“I do not believe Iyabo would
write that kind of letter to her
father. I do not believe it, it is a
fabrication.”
Iyabo’s letter, a vital document
— Babatope
In his reaction, Chief Ebenezer
Babatope, who was reluctant to
comment on the Iyabo’s letter
affirming that it was a family
affair between a daughter and
her father, however said: “What
I am concerned with is the fact
that he also wrote a letter to the
President which was based on
dissemination of falsehood and
rumour mongering. So, I don’t
want to comment about Iyabo
Obasanjo’s letter being a family
affair of the Obasanjos. But I
can tell you that Iyabo’s letter is
a vital document, which can be
a reference source for anyone
who is interested in the politics
of Nigeria at the moment,” he
said.
It’s food for thought — Kehinde
Hon. Femi Kehinde, a former
member of the House of
Representatives said:
“Iyabo’s letter is food for
thought. It teaches fathers a
lesson that they must take care
of their children. The letter is a
product of long, bottled-up
anger, agony and anguish over a
father that could have done
much better. It is very sad that
the first child of a president
would be living in the boys
quarters of the State House.
That is an agony and it is
nothing but a reflection of a
family that is not united.”
It’s a plot to rubbish Obasanjo,
says Tsav
In his reaction to Iyabo
Obasanjo’s letter to her father,
former Lagos State
Commissioner of Police, Alhaji
Abubabar Tsav dismissed it as
the “handiwork of some faceless
sycophants in the corridors of
power.”
Tsav who spoke, yesterday, to
Vanguard in a telephone
interview in Makurdi, the Benue
State capital said: “It’s all a
desperate plot to rubbish
Obasanjo. Nigerians can
actually attest to the fact that
the letter that was written by
Obasanjo to the President was
nothing but the truth of what
we are witnessing in the country
today.
The truth of the matter is that
some persons who are desperate
to protect their interests and
stronghold on the presidency
can also go to any length to
protect their interest in the
looting spree that has become
the order of the day in the
country, so I’m not surprised.
All I can tell you for now is that
former president Obasanjo
remains a statesman who spoke
the minds of all Nigerians and
any attempt to rubbish him by
some chicken-hearted persons
will certainly be
discountenanced by all
Nigerians.”
Iyabo’s letter a gimmick —
CNPP
Similarly, the Conference of
Nigerian Political Parties,
CNPP, in Benue State described
Iyabo’s letter as “another
gimmick by the ruling People’s
Democratic Party.”
Benue State Chairman of the
CNPP, Mr. Baba Agan who
spoke, yesterday, to Vanguard
in Makurdi, said: “I see this
unfolding drama as the biblical
hand of Esau but voice of
Jacob.”
According to Agan, “this is
nothing but a clear indication
that some persons at the
corridors of power are getting
desperate all in a bid to rubbish
Chief Obasanjo.
“The purported letter is nothing
but a gimmick that will serve no
useful purpose because it was
intended to distract Nigerians
from the salient issues raised by
the former president in the
letter he wrote to President
Goodluck Jonathan.”
While noting that former
president Obasanjo may not be
a saint, Agan observed that
“this may not be far from being
the product of a hatchet man
and may not have originated
from the daughter of the former
president.”
The opposition leader urged
Nigerians to discountenance the
content of the purported letter,
adding that, “we will also like to
see a confirmation that the
piece actually originated from
the alleged writer.
“As you know, some desperate
people can do some desperate
things just to curry the
attention and favour of the
President for their personal
gains; I believe strongly that
Chief Obasanjo’s daughter will
not write that type of piece to
her father, considering the
much he did for her as a
daughter in recent past;
Nigerians cannot be fooled,”
Agan added
http://www.vanguardngr.com/2013/12/iyabo-right-thing-fasoranti-afenifere-leader/

I totally agree with the afenifere leader on this one. Iyabo is woman of the year.

Shine It: I totally agree with the afenifere leader on this one. Iyabo is woman of the year.

Affirmed . . .But watch as she will be inducted into the nairaland hall of shame this year.

If care is not taken both daughter and father will be strong competitors in the hall of fame and shame. . . .

i know this is not gonna make front page...but when they cooked up a story that she didn't write d letter it made front page...smh

jmaine:

Affirmed . . .But watch as she will be inducted into the nairaland hall of shame this year.

If care is not taken both daughter and father will be strong competitors in the hall of fame and shame. . . .

I won't be surprised.