For over ten days now the polity has been suffused with the
verbiage of the letter written by former President Olusegun
Obasanjo to President Goodluck Jonathan. The latter has
been under pressure to respond to the issues Obasanjo
raised in his letter.
And for a while, it seemed the silence from the presidency
implied consent, or that the President was too dazed by the
vitriolic content of the letter to respond.
But yesterday, the President broke his worrisome silence,
when he called a press conference and read out a lengthy
reply to the Ota farmer.
To be fair to President Jonathan, he tried to clear the fog on
some of the issues, but not without throwing some jabs here
and there at the former president.
I captured some, yes, some of the details in the response of
the President. He started like this:
“His Excellency Chief Olusegun Okikiola Matthew Obasanjo,
former President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.
You must have wondered if I did not know what to reply you
after you published what has become your latest act of
infamy, in the name of a letter titled “Before it is Too Late”
which you wrote to me.
Sir, I must confess that your letter took me unawares. As a
respected Statesman, I did not expect this unbecoming
means of communicating with me, if the essence was not to
play to the gallery.
The other confession I must make is that some of the issues
and accusations you made against me, were complete news
to me. I have long set up committees to investigate the
accusations and the reports are already coming in.
Before I deal on the specifics of your letter, permit me to say
that, Sir, you must purge yourself of the overflowing
messianic complex you have always operated in.
Yes, I had said that after God and my parents, you are the
next most important person in my life.
But that did not mean you are my God or the provider of my
oxygen. When goats are sold, the owner releases the rope.
But you have chosen to hold on to the rope most tenaciously.
That is the problem.
Indeed, we would have ignored you completely after your
dear daughter, Dr Iyabo Obasanjo-Bello, helped to put most
of the issue in the right political perspectives in her own letter
to you. But we needed to do this for the records.
I am somewhat disappointed that you are lamenting my
performance in government. His Excellency, I am sure we
would have moved at a faster pace if the right foundation
was laid while you were in charge.
As for the issue of whether or not I will seek re-election in
2015, I am bemused that you are making a huge drama out
of this even when you know I am constitutionally permitted to
seek re-election. I cannot remember the incidents of my said
promise not to seek re-election.
But even if I did sir, am I not entitled to change of mind on
any issue depending on the currency of information available
to me? I do not expect you to be basing your conclusions, at
your level, on the so-called fantasy of Body language.
And pray, were we not all witnesses of how you tried to
manipulate the National Assembly to offer you the illegal third
term chance? Senator Ken Nnamani is still alive.
It is pure mischief powered by uncharitable inclinations to
accuse me of “double game’ in the support of gubernatorial
candidates in some states. I personally participated in the
campaigns of all our candidates. If they lost the elections, I
cannot be blamed for that, as I am resolved to distance
myself from manipulating electoral outcomes as it used to be
in the past… you know what I mean
You made me look like the prince of corruption because of
the ancient malaise of crude oil theft. Sir, it did not start with
me. I have tried to combat it. There are many committees
and task forces in place to check the roguery. Besides, it is
even exaggerated under me. Did you not hear that the
garrulous CBN governor, who raised the false alarm of
missing $49.8 Billion has eaten the humble pie by recanting?
But sir, with all sense of modesty, this does not compare with
the degree of sleaze that characterized the PTDF scam
between you and your former Vice, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar. We
did not forget. We have reformed the EFCC to be an
indiscriminate fierce attack dog, unlike when it was reduced
to a weapon against enemies.
As for the crisis in the PDP, we know of supposed elders who
have been fraternizing with the renegade governors, the
reason they were recalcitrant and irreconciliable. You can
only force a horse to the river, you cannot force it to drink
water. These renegade governors simply refused to drink
water at the bank of reconciliation.
I am a Knight of the Anglican Church. I have never plotted to
shed blood for any reason. No I have never. Therefore, the
phantom alarm of training of killers are nothing but a tale
from the mountains. Only the naïve are taken in by them. God
will judge such accusers harshly.
By the Grace of Almighty God, I will finish well and strong. My
good people of Nigeria are behind me, contrary to what you
may wish to think. I have told the Christian Association of
Nigeria (CAN) and Jama’atu Nasril Islam (JNI) to ensure that
they announce national fasting of forty days and forty nights
to thwart all the plans of the enemies of Nigeria, no matter
who they are.
That they must declare that no weapon fashioned against
Nigeria, be it from Boko Haram or whoever, will prosper.
Finally, let me assure you that the transformation agenda of
my government has been attracting international investors
and in no time, the entire nation will soon become one large
construction and industrial yard. We shall all be witnesses.
Please accept my best assurances of …”
Just as the President finished reading the letter to pressmen,
his spokesman, Dr Rueben Abati , looking agitated with
creases on his forehead, stepped out to co-ordinate the
question and answer session, as over a dozen hands were
already up, desirous to fire follow-up questions at Mr
President.
Abati was just announcing the modality of the question and
answer session, when the loud blast of a heavy duty truck
woke me from my deep sleep, as my house is by the
roadside.
As I sprung up, I was looking for President Jonathan, asking
breathlessly, “where is he, where is the president?”, and my
children began to ask if I was alright. It was only then I
realized I have been dreaming.
-NLM
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Just dream ? You need to go back to sleep @poster

This your dream sef, bt think of it i guess this your dream might be thesame with the one GEJ is still processing ....