The Presidency Wednesday acknowledged that former President Olusegun Obasanjo, indeed, wrote a letter to President Goodluck Jonathan.
However, it hastened to condemn the leakage of such a personal letter from an elder statesman to the media, describing the motive as self-serving and unbecoming of a former Nigerian leader.
Reacting to the wide publicity the said letter is given Online, Presidential Media Adviser, Dr Reuben Abati, said President Goodluck Jonathan, will at the appropriate time respond to the “reckless, baseless, unjustifiable and indecorous charges levied against him”.
Abati’s statement reads in full, “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”.
Below is the link to the letter in question, courtesy of Premium Times:
http://www.premiumtimesng.com/docs_download/OBJ-Letter.pdf
