Special Adviser on Media and Publicity to President Goodluck Jonathan, Reuben Abati has released a statement concerning the 18-page letter former president Olusegun Obasanjo wrote to the current President.
See statement by Reuben Abati below
OBASANJO’S LETTER UNBECOMING, SELF-SERVING AND HIGHLY PROVOCATIVE
We have noted the publication on
several websites today of a letter recently written by Chief Olusegun Obasanjo
to President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan.
The Presidency acknowledges that it
has indeed received the said letter from Chief Obasanjo.
We however find it highly
unbecoming, mischievous and provocative that a letter written by a former Head
of State and respected elder statesman to President Jonathan has been
deliberately leaked to the mass media in a deplorable effort to impugn the
integrity of the President and denigrate his commitment to giving Nigeria the
best possible leadership.
While many patriotic, objective and
well-meaning Nigerians have already condemned the leaked letter as
self-serving, hypocritical, malicious, indecent, and very disrespectful of the
highest office in the land, President Jonathan has directed that none of his
aides or any government official should join issues with Chief Obasanjo over
it.
The President himself will, at the
appropriate time, offer a full personal response to the most reckless,
baseless, unjustifiable and indecorous charges levied against him and his
administration by the former Head of State.
Reuben Abati
Special Adviser to the President
(Media & Publicity)
December 11, 2013
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