IT IS TOO LATE
With so much pressure mounted on me by the Nigeria and
International media do I write to you once again before the year end.
May I let you know that I received your letter, even though addressed
to me, but was read first before me by the public through the media.
Even the attempt by your Media S.A to use my daughter against me
was also gotten. I do not have issues with since you claimed mine
never got to you first before the media published.
Mr President, in less than eleven hours from now, you and I will be
shouting ‘Happy New Year’ and will even exchange text messages and
call each other, but I have deemed it fit to send you this last
message before you and I will shout the ritual shouts of joy. It
doesn’t end there that the new year is very close, but it’s also my
pleasure to tell you that in less than 70 days of 2014, I will be 77
years, a year which crossed the biblical three scores and ten, and
thus should not be afraid to speak the truth even if it hurts. And you
may not easily remember this, but 2014 will make you 57 years of age,
a year which you were born-1957. From all available calculations, I am
older than you with 20 years, an age ripe enough to father you; hence
this letter is like a message from a father to a son and not as an ex-
president to a sitting president like you alluded in your reply to me.
Be that as it may, your reply jolted me back to reality that I made a
mistake in the title of my last letter to you – ‘Before it is too late’. I
just realized that it is already too late for you to make amends. Very
few leaders make positive things happen within two years of
leadership and you are obviously not in that category, as you have less
than fifteen months to hand over the baton, except you wish to
contest again, which will be a breach of the personal vow you made
not to run. Let your conscience be your judge on that. I wish to now
answer the posers you raised in your reply to me.
Joe, you raised the issue of Boko Haram ravaging the North East
being ravaged by terrorists and insurgents; and haven cross checked
the eight years I ruled as President, there was no such record of such
happening in my regime. A pilot has a co-pilot incase the plane is
drifting afar and you were the co-pilot when late President Musa
Yaradua held sway, and Boko Haram reared their ugly head which
your regime has now made beautiful. Mr President, I wish to know like
many Nigerians what advise you gave to your boss to stem the tide
then, in private or during the Federal Executive Council (FEC)
meetings. To put the blame of Boko Hara solely on Yaradua will be a
great disservice to his memory.
As a matter of fact, Boko Haram was not prominent during Yaradua’s
regime; rather your kinsmen from the creek who termed themselves
militants were the ones having a field day. It is these militants that
your former boss dealt with which has caused us the current peace we
enjoy in the Niger Delta as well as more inflow of cash which your
Minister of Petroleum has turned to her personal fiefdom today,
awarding contracts to her cronies, while she plans to sell of the
refineries to them with your able connivance. If Yaradua could solve a
problem in your region, it will be more honorable for you to do so to
his region; that is what my people in Yoruba term as a fight of the
dogs. As you admitted in your letter that I advised you to use the
carrot and stick approach, I still maintain you do so. I regret to say
that your approach has not been sincere enough.
You mentioned my military tactics against Odi, stating that it never
yielded the desired result. Mr President, my invasion of Odi remains
the best strategy to have used then, considering the fact that we
were just entering democracy and all insurgence has to be quenched
immediately. If I were to take the same decision again, I will take
same and I have no regret in what I did. You referred to the attack
on you in 2007 and I begin to woYou referred to the attack
on you in 2007 and I begin to wonder who was in control then. You
were the Governor and had all the apparatus of state to effect
arrest; even to apprehend innocent citizens and term them suspects
were within your power, thus I see no reason why such should even
come up in your letter.
I had my faults during my tenure but I never laid blames on the past
leadership. For you to write that kidnapping and armed robbery began
long before you became President is totally untenable. May I also
remind your Excellency that I was not also the President then, but I
didn’t complain. My job was to reposition while yours is to consolidate,
and to the best of my conscience; I repositioned the country to the
path of democratic rule where the Soldiers have been perpetually kept
in the barrack.
You claimed that I am aware of prosecuted corrupt officials by this
regime, but I am sorry to say that I am completely ignorant of any
corrupt public officials that you have jailed. They are not hidden Mr
President, as they abound around you. What is Stella Oduah still doing
in the Aviation Industry if truly you are prosecuting them? Why is
Diezani Alison Madueke still doing her beauty pageant show close to
the Oil sector if you mean your war against corruption? Do I need to
mention your Attorney General, Education Minister or the Minister of
Niger Delta Affairs amongst sundry others? It is no longer news that
the EFCC has become a toothless bulldog under your watch. I may be
accused of being selective in those they prosecuted but that is a tale
peddled by the media by my then political opponents. Nigerians wish to
see those selected corrupt few who will be jailed.
Joe, I did not mince words when I wrote that you are sinking the ship
of the PDP. Since your ascension to the throne of Aso Rock, our party
fortune has nosedived. None of the governorship elections held under
you has seen us coasting to victory; rather you dine with the
opponents. It is my belief that you agopponents. It is my belief that you agreed with my letter on this,
hence our party is standing solidly behind our candidate, Tony Nwoye,
to challenge the Anambra guber election in court. I do know that it is
all to the gallery as nothing good will come out of it. In PDP, rigging
is the game and you cannot claim to be unaware of it. How did you
get into power if we didn’t rig you in? Do I need to remind you that
your home state which produced your ‘house boy’, Seriake Dickson was
rigged? It makes no sense claiming a saint when you are a product of
what you condemn.
Your Excellency, the most virtuous prize for statesmen is honor. You
did not just tell me that you will not contest the 2015 election, but
told other governors. Before my letter was written to you, many
governors have told the public that you made the pact with them to
run for only one term. While it is your right to run again, I wish to
remind you that at my age I will not lie, especially not against
someone young enough to be my son, more so you are my protégé. It
was you promise to me to lead for one term that made me announce
to Nigerians that they should vote for you, as you have promised to
run for one term. The video footage of the rally where that
statement was made is still available for you to watch. Let me now be
the liar before Nigerians, but let God be the judge.
I do hope that in the coming year, you would have looked into the last
letter I wrote to you and make amends, especially concerning our
political fortunes. You have two chances to redeem the party from
losing the 2015 election, which is to win the Ekiti and Osun States
governorship election coming up in 2014. Mr President, your opponents
in those states will be planning to rig as well, and it will be foolhardy
for you to believe that mere going to present the flag to our
candidate is enough to win the election. Remember that they are the
incumbent, but also have a flash back that we did it in 2003 in four
South West States with the ex
Remember that they are the
incumbent, but also have a flash back that we did it in 2003 in four
South West States with the exception of Lagos where we swept way
the incumbent. I need not teach you the tactics, as you have practiced
it already in your home state. Sir, snatch the victory in these two
States and send a message for 2015; then let them approach the
tribunal for court victory which if well played they can never get.
Before the year ends again; I wish to apologise to Nigerians for
imposing on them wrong Presidents who have not tasted what they
voted for, and while it may be too late for you to make real positive
impacts on the common man like we did with GSM, you can begin tackle
one serious and pressing issue which will keep you in the minds of
Nigerians for long; something tangible that they can see to forgive
your numerous sins. They are easy people to handle and please with a
forgiving spirit; this you and I know. As it has become customary, I
will also leak this to the Press. The first one written to me by former
EFCC Chairwoman, Waziri was leaked to Elombah.com and the next one
was leaked to Premium Times, but for this I am yet to decide who will
get it first.
As you cross over to the New Year, Mr President, I wish you a more
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A don believe this yet.

Whats this nonsense about letters