A FORMER Nigerian senator, Iyabo Obasanjo, on Saturday jabbed her detractors who are currently recirculating her 2013 letter to her father.

Some social media users had recirculated the former Senator’s letter to her father in 2013 in which she criticised the former President.

Ms. Obasanjo’s letter was redistributed over the weekend allegedly by some supporters of the current administration, barely a few days after her father’s letter to President Muhammadu Buhari.

Mr. Obasanjo accused the Buhari administration of incompetence, nepotism, corruption and advised Mr. Buhari not to seek reelection.

The former President then proposed a new political movement that will herald economic and social development for the country.

In a statement _she personally_ sent to PREMIUM TIMES Saturday night, Ms. Obasanjo said the Buhari administration should focus on the content of her father’s letter and heed his counsel.

Ms. Obasanjo described her father as  “one of the most brilliant leaders to ever emerge in modern Africa”.

She accused the government of sponsoring the recirculation of her scathing letter to her father, saying those who should “benefit from the advise and admonishment of one of the most brilliant leaders to ever emerge in modern Africa have resorted to a cheap tactic that further reiterates the message that they found abhorrent enough to start looking for unconnected issues to put together to make their point.”

She urged the President to yield to calls for him to step aside in 2019.

“The wise should listen wherever help and advice comes from,” she said.

“Those who re-published the old letter should have spent time to respond to the content of the said statement which called for President Buhari to retire in 2019,” Ms. Obasanjo said, adding that Mr. Buhari’s failing health condition should dissuade him from running in 2019.

Ms. Obasanjo, who served as a senator for Ogun Central Senatorial District from 2007 to 2011, said Nigerians should be wary of any attempt to recirculate her 2013 letter and pass it off as recent and genuine.

She said she had no connection with this administration or the last one under Goodluck Jonathan.

“I agree with the open letter and I hope Africa will emerge from its current dwindling fortunes and become a leading nation in the world,” Ms. Obasanjo said.

“It is tiring to continue to be part of Nigerian conversation when there’s no positive impact to it.

“I really do not want to be part of it, as I’ve found over and over again that speech and words are wasted on people who have no understanding of responsibility on us as black people on this planet.”

Presidential spokespersons Femi Adesina and Garba Shehu did not immediately respond to PREMIUM TIMES requests seeking comments Saturday night.

Firefire:
Buhary is too sick (both mentally & physically) to lead a sick nation like Nigeria.


If some of the country citizens were not sick, how could they in their right senses vote a despot, brainless and myopic individual to rule over them in this era of knowledge?

fiizznation:
Hear this ugly woman. Anyway go and tell your father that buhari is NO dumbass Jonathan. If he pushes his luck too much, he will be cut to size.

fiizznation:
Hear this ugly woman. Anyway go and tell your father that buhari is NO dumbass Jonathan. If he pushes his luck too much, he will be cut to size.

9jaBloke:
A copy of Iyabo's letter or at least excerpts should have been included in this post.

Trust politicians to chase the wind when they should be addressing issues raised.

I've said it before and I'll say it again. "It's not about APC or PDP." It's a systemic problem. The entire political class has failed us and the present structure cannot work. Everyone who have occupied political office in the 4th republic contributed our woes.

Take a look at all the major political parties across the country and tell yourself the truth. They are run by the same recycled corrupt politicians. There is not a single patriot among them. Their legal entitlement is a fraud, not to talk of the ones they obtain illegally.

I'm not disappointed in this government because I never had expectations. I knew the politicians have failed us long before 2015. Our general elections always leaves us two options or rather we limit ourselves to options A or P but I've clamored for a 3rd option since 2011.

Let me repeat what we already for emphasis. It's not about the person in Aso Rock, it's about the people around the person, the process that got him/her there and the complex political structure.

Come 2019, options A and P are not going to do things differently.

Nigerians be wise!

omaolowo:
https://www.premiumtimesng.com/news/256862-iyabo-obasanjo-speaks-on-fathers-letter-to-buhari.html

January 27, 2018
Samuel Ogundipe


A FORMER Nigerian senator, Iyabo Obasanjo, on Saturday jabbed her detractors who are currently recirculating her 2013 letter to her father.

Some social media users had recirculated the former Senator’s letter to her father in 2013 in which she criticised the former President.

Ms. Obasanjo’s letter was redistributed over the weekend allegedly by some supporters of the current administration, barely a few days after her father’s letter to President Muhammadu Buhari.

Mr. Obasanjo accused the Buhari administration of incompetence, nepotism, corruption and advised Mr. Buhari not to seek reelection.

The former President then proposed a new political movement that will herald economic and social development for the country.

In a statement _she personally_ sent to PREMIUM TIMES Saturday night, Ms. Obasanjo said the Buhari administration should focus on the content of her father’s letter and heed his counsel.

Ms. Obasanjo described her father as  “one of the most brilliant leaders to ever emerge in modern Africa”.

She accused the government of sponsoring the recirculation of her scathing letter to her father, saying those who should “benefit from the advise and admonishment of one of the most brilliant leaders to ever emerge in modern Africa have resorted to a cheap tactic that further reiterates the message that they found abhorrent enough to start looking for unconnected issues to put together to make their point.”

She urged the President to yield to calls for him to step aside in 2019.

“The wise should listen wherever help and advice comes from,” she said.

“Those who re-published the old letter should have spent time to respond to the content of the said statement which called for President Buhari to retire in 2019,” Ms. Obasanjo said, adding that Mr. Buhari’s failing health condition should dissuade him from running in 2019.

Ms. Obasanjo, who served as a senator for Ogun Central Senatorial District from 2007 to 2011, said Nigerians should be wary of any attempt to recirculate her 2013 letter and pass it off as recent and genuine.

She said she had no connection with this administration or the last one under Goodluck Jonathan.

“I agree with the open letter and I hope Africa will emerge from its current dwindling fortunes and become a leading nation in the world,” Ms. Obasanjo said.

“It is tiring to continue to be part of Nigerian conversation when there’s no positive impact to it.

“I really do not want to be part of it, as I’ve found over and over again that speech and words are wasted on people who have no understanding of responsibility on us as black people on this planet.”

Presidential spokespersons Femi Adesina and Garba Shehu did not immediately respond to PREMIUM TIMES requests seeking comments Saturday night.

9jaBloke:
A copy of Iyabo's letter or at least excerpts should have been included in this post.

Trust politicians to chase the wind when they should be addressing the issues raised.

I've said it before and I'll say it again. "It's not about APC or PDP." It's a systemic problem. The entire political class has failed us and the present structure cannot work. Everyone who have occupied political office in the 4th republic contributed our woes.

Take a look at all the major political parties across the country and tell yourself the truth. They are run by the same recycled corrupt politicians. There is not a single patriot among them. Their legal entitlement is a fraud, not to talk of the ones they obtain illegally.

I'm not disappointed in this government because I never had expectations. I knew the politicians have failed us long before 2015. Our general elections always leaves us two options or rather, we always limit ourselves to options A or P but I've clamored for a 3rd option since 2011.

Let me repeat what we already know for emphasis. It's not about the person in Aso Rock, it's about the people around the person, the process that got him/her there and the complex political structure.

Come 2019, options A and P are not going to do things differently.

Nigerians be wise!

fiizznation:
Hear this ugly woman. Anyway go and tell your father that buhari is NO dumbass Jonathan. If he pushes his luck too much, he will be cut to size.

surgical:
The thing tire person.

lastmessenger:
is easy to type shit on social media but let me tell you that Buhari cannot and will not even dream of touching obasanjo.if he dares it,Nigeria will burn.