Two groups working for President Goodluck
Jonathan on Tuesday called for the immediate
arrest of former President Olusegun Obasanjo
over his letter to the President alleging some
irregularities in government.
The groups, PDP Reloaded and Arise Nigeria,
alleged that majority of the issues raised by
Obasanjo in his letter happened during his
regime both as military head of state and as
civilian President.
Leaders of the two groups, Chief Richard
Lamai (PDP Reloaded) and Chief Jasper
Johnson (Arise Nigeria), who spoke at a press
briefing in Abuja, also extolled the leadership
qualities of Jonathan.
They wondered why Obasanjo could resort to
writing letters when he could call the
President or visit him at any time.
Both men alleged that Obasanjo had
supplanted the nomination of the Governor of
Rivers State, Mr. Rotimi Amaechi with that of
Mr. Celestine Omehia and also disobeyed the
Supreme Court ruling which they said
favoured Sen. Ifeanyi Ararume in Imo State
during his regime.
They said that Obasanjo must have the list of
the alleged 1000 listed for elimination by the
Federal Government in preparation for the
2015 general elections and that because of
this, he should be invited by the security
agencies.
The statement said, “It is in this regard that
we call on the nation’s security agencies to
invite Obasanjo to help them unravel the
mystery camp where the snipers are being
trained and the list of those earmarked for
elimination.
“We would not want a situation where the
‘witch cried at night and the child died in the
day.’
“Therefore Nigerians are hereby called to be
very vigilant in the coming days and be ready
to defend their hard earned democracy as the
worst democracy is better than the best
military dictatorship.”
Lamai and Johnson recalled that there were
several other unresolved murders in the
country.
Among those listed were the inability of the
government to apprehend the killings of the
former Minister of Justice, Chief Bola Ige; a
former PDP governorship aspirant in Lagos
State, Chief Funsho Williams and others.
They said it was wrong for Obasanjo to ask
Jonathan to use a different tactics to stop the
Boko Haram insurgent in the country adding
that the story of Odi and Zakinthos Biam
where his administration ordered the security
agencies to descend on the two towns after
the killings of security men should not be
emulated by Jonathan.
Asked whether it would not be better for the
President to address issues raised in
Obasanjo’s letter instead of castigating the
former President, the two men said that most
of the points were baseless.

(Punch)

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