Excerpts from obasanjos open letter to buhari vanguard news. Full text of obasanjos letter to president jonathan. In fact, all the letters written by general obasanjo to all. Much harm has been donethe military obasanjo s letter to president goodluck jonathan 1. Obasanjo also wrote an open letter which summarized and rated very poorly the administration of jonathan. Chief obasanjo was scheduled to meet president goodluck jonathan last night either in lagos or accra. Olusegun obasanjos damning letter to president goodluck jonathan must rank as the most narcissistic and the narcissism of our rulers is legendary action. A group under the auspices of muslim rights concern, muric, has called on president goodluck jonathan to reply the recent 18page letter addressed. I must say, obasanjo has taken the art of letter writing to an enchanted stratosphere.
This was the case of former president goodluck jonathan. Doctor damages episode 116 olusegun obasanjos love letter. Expresident olusegun obasanjo full text of obasanjo s letter to president jonathan before it is too late i am constrained to make this an open letter to you for a number of reasons. President, i am constrained to make this an open letter to you for a number of reasons. Nothing short of sincere and concrete answers and explanations to his predecessor allegations will make a difference. Obasanjo is not the only big politician who supports a different candidate from their child. Read obasanjos letter in response to jonathans open. Nigerias goodluck jonathan faces first significant political. He did it to shagari, he did it to expresident ibrahim babangida, he did it to the late head of state, gen.
Obasanjo s historic letter to president goodluck jonathan on 2nd december, this year, an apparently angry and frustrated expresident olusegun obasanjo wrote to president goodluck. A frustrated nigerian expresident olusegun obasanjo has written a critical letter to president goodluck jonathan. The letter coming against the obvious disagreements between the two. Former vicepresident of nigeria, atiku abubakar has reacted to expresident obasanjos 18page letter titled before it is too late which addressed president jonathan. Obasanjos letter to buhari more respectful than jonathan. Dec 23, 20 president goodluck jonathan has replied former president olusegun obasanjo s letter which was titled before it s too late. Goodluck approves obasanjos negotiation with bokom haram. Olusegun obasanjos damning letter to president goodluck jonathan must rank as the.
After three years, in 1951, he moved on to the baptist day school in the owu quarter of abeokuta. Chief olusegun matthew okikiola aremu obasanjo, gcfr, is a nigerian military and political. By adeola aderounmu many nigerians are reacting to the letter that olusegun obasanjo wrote to goodluck jonathan. You will recall that all the letters were brought to me by. It is no credit to the federal government that the herdsmen rampage continues with careless. Nigeria row over obasanjo letter to goodluck jonathan bbc news. Obasanjos daughter, iyabo, backs dad on letter to buhari. An apparently angry and frustrated expresident olusegun obasanjo has written what clearly competes as one of the most acerbic letters in modern history to president goodluck jonathan, accusing him of ineptitude and of taking actions calculated at destroying nigeria. And i admire his preferred means of intervening in nigerias sociopolitical malaise.
Obasanjo visits expresident goodluck jonathan in otuoke. Obasanjos letter capable of causing political crisis. A recent letter titled before it is too late written by former president olusegun obasanjo to president goodluck jonathan made an extremely bad impression on me. Aged eleven, he then started an education at the local village primary school, something encouraged by his father. See below for the abstract, table of contents, list of figures, list of tables, list of appendices, list of abbreviations and chapter one. Senator ebute, had in his reaction to former president olusegun obasanjos letter to president muhammadu buhari, on the state of the nation, allegedly disparaged jonathan s administration. In my own first reaction to obasanjos letter, i wrote as follows, yesterday, a letter was leaked to the media in nigeria from former president gen. The policy of is another enduring foreign policy thrust of nigeria foreign policy. Heres president jonathan s response to expresident olusegun obasanjos letter here. President goodluck jonathan replies former president obasanjo december 20th 20 his excellency, chief olusegun obasanjo, gcfr agbe loba house, quarry road, ibara, abeokuta. Former president, chief olusegun obasanjo, recently stirred up a storm with an explosive letter to president goodluck jonathan detailing what he perceived to be the presidents shortcomings. Elder statesman tanko yakasai on monday took a swipe at former president olusegun obasanjo, describing his open letter to president muhammadu buhari as selfish and unpatriotic. President goodluck jonathan replies former president obasanjo december 20th 20 his excellency, chief olusegun obasanjo, gcfr.
Download the complete history and international relations project topic and material chapter 15 titled obasanjo s administration and nigeria s international diplomacy, 1999 2007 here on projects. A letter of appeal to president goodluck jonathan december 2, 20 his excellency, dr. By samuel ogundipe screaming grave injustice and character assassination, a chieftain of the peoples democratic party. The report was subsequently confirmed by one of the affected ministers, alhaji a. Jan 24, 2018 the herdsmencrop farmers issue is being wittingly or unwittingly allowed to turn sour and messy.
Obasanjos letter to president jonathan news of the people. Obasanjo, who served for two terms as president on the platform of opposition people democratic party pdp, expressed his disappointment in buhari, whom he supported during the 2015 presidential election against former president goodluck jonathan, who ran as the candidate of pdp, obasanjos party at the time. Obasanjos letter selfish, unpatriotic yakasai latest. Request pdf critical discourse analysis of obasanjos letter before is too.
Gani adams tells buhari what to do with obasanjos letter, jonathan s confab report. One, the current situation and consequent possible outcome dictate that i should, before the door closes on reason and promotion of national interest, alert you to the danger that may be lurking in the corner. Ur level of reasoning worries me, i beleived u dont have to b educated to know that a president will not sit in front of a computer to write a letter himself, what this people were sayin is that the whole letter is not jonathan s thinking, it was his team of media officers who just sit together to write a response to objs letter. Dec, 20 doctor damages episode 116 olusegun obasanjos love letter to pres.
Did president jonathan respond to obasanjos letter. Obasanjo writes letter to buhari on nigerian insecurity council on. Jonathan, gcfr president and commanderinchief of the federal republic of nigeria, presidential villa, asokoro, abuja. Nigeria row over obasanjo letter to goodluck jonathan. On 2nd december, this year, an apparently angry and frustrated expresident olusegun obasanjo wrote to president goodluck jonathan, a letter that clearly competes as one of the most acerbic in.
Olusegun obasanjo to current president goodluck jonathan, regarding obasanjos latest indignation at jonathans style of governance, albeit a selfserving vitriolic hocuspocus of indignation. Where in o obasanjos letter were stella oduah and almustapha mentioned and where in the letter did obj accuse him of saying that only igbos voted him. Jonathan, gcfr, president and commanderinchief of the federal republic of nigeria, presidential villa, asokoro, abuja. President goodluck jonathan replies former president. Elder statesman, alhaji tanko yakasai has swiftly reacted former president olusegun obasnajos open letter to president muhammdu buahri, describing it as not only selfish, but unpatriotic, illconceived and a clear invitation to national disaster. This is one moment of nigerias history that will not pass me by. Im talking here of former president olusegun obasanjos letter to his political protege, president goodluck jonathan. Dear president goodluck jonathan, i write to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of september 22, 2015. President goodluck jonathans reply to obasanjos letter. Let goodluck address the substance of obasanjos letter. Obasanjos historic letter to president goodluck jonathan on 2nd december, this year, an apparently angry and frustrated expresident olusegun obasanjo wrote to president goodluck. Thus,under obasanjos civilian administration19992007, nigeria revisited the policy of economic diplomacy aimed at receiving debt relief and attracting foreign directinvestment fdi through the instrumentalities of the breton woods institutions bwis. Prior to that period, precisely on december 11, 20, the nigerian media was awash with obasanjos open letter to then president goodluck jonathan, titled before its too late. Former nigerian president obasanjos letter to president.
His excellency, chief olusegun obasanjo, gcfr agbe loba house, quarry road, ibara, abeokuta. I am constrained to make this an open letter to you for a number of reasons. But what he didnt take cognizance of is that buhari is not goodluck or yaradua. Obasanjo s father was a farmer and until he was eleven years old, the boy was involved in agricultural labour. The public outrage as a result of former president olusegun obasanjos letter to president goodluck jonathan has continued to increase as the political opposition, apc, has reacted via an. Obasanjos historic letter to president goodluck jonathan. After a long silence and much discussions by nigerians about former nigerian president olusegun obasanjo 18page letter to incumbent president, goodluck jonathan, obasanjos letter has finally received a reply from president jonathan. Below are excerpts from the long worded obasanjos open letter to president muhammadu buhari. The former president of the federal republic of nigeria olusegun obasanjo reportedly sent the present head of states president goodluck ebele jonathan an 18page letter. President jonathan goodluck has the right to confirm, refute or defend himself of the allegations. Ur level of reasoning worries me, i beleived u dont have to b educated to know that a president will not sit in front of a computer to write a letter himself, what this people were sayin is that the whole letter is not jonathan s thinking, it was his team of media officers who just sit together to write a response to obj s letter.
Obasanjos letter to goodluck jonathan the real deal. Before it is too late i wish to formally acknowledge your letter dated december 2, 20 and other previous correspondence similar to it. Obasanjo and jonathan the current phase of wonder is open letter. Pdp chieftain mentioned by obasanjo in his letter denies accusations. Democracy and the making of the presidents cabinet in. Sani abacha, the late president umaru yaradua and he did it to expresident goodluck jonathan. But of course, not all obasanjos auguries are expressed through an epistolary medium. Based on the allegations of various human rights violations contained in the 18 paged letter written by former president olusegun obasanjo to president goodluck jonathan, the national human rights commission nhrc is set to summon former president olusegun obasanjo to apppear and defend the allegations on the said human rights abuses.
Olusegun obasanjos letter to goodluck jonathan a view. On 2nd december, this year, an apparently angry and frustrated expresident olusegun obasanjo wrote to president goodluck jonathan. All posts tagged olusegun obasanjos letter to goodluck jonathan todays scoops i am not a drug baron. Political godson of former president goodluck jonathan, chief george turnah, has lashed out at a former senate president, ameh ebute, over his unkind and uncharitable comments against jonathan. Nigeria is bleeding and the hemorrhage must be stopped, mr. Spokespersons and family members of expresident obasanjo allege presidency officials forged the letter as a way of getting back at mr. A letter of appeal to president goodluck jonathan his excellency, dr. Jul 15, 2019 reacting to obasanjos letter to buhari dated july 15, yakasai said. Obasanjos letter to president jonathan news of the.
Dec 12, 20 nigerian president goodluck jonathan s office hits back at exleader olusegun obasanjo for a provocative letter condemning his leadership and telling him not to seek reelection. Obasanjo over his acerbic letter to president jonathan. Olajuwon and his father were recently pictured playing squash at obasanjos home in abeokuta. Critical discourse analysis of obasanjos letter before is too late. Some of those bringing the pressure to bear, including danjuma, who is also the chairman of jonathan s presidential advisory council, pac, may be right because of obasanjo s long history of. Photos obasanjo playing squash with his son who supports buhari. One, the current situation and consequent possible outcome dictate that i.
The letter is reminiscent of obasanjos december 20 withering, eighteenpage critique he sent to thenpresident goodluck jonathan. President, before it is too late i am constrained to make this an open letter to you for a number of reasons. In that letter, he accused jonathan of ineptitude and of taking actions calculated at destroying nigeria. Obasanjo said he was forced to write an open letter because, among other things, jonathan had not acknowledged nor replied any of the four or more letters. What obasanjo wrote could hardly have been more inflammatory from. I dont see patriotism in general obasanjos letters. Did president jonathan respond to obasanjos letter properly. In the letter, president jonathan stated 10 reasons why he needs to reply chief obasanjo. The letter which contained several allegations against the current.
When stationed abroad, he sent letters and presents to his fiance in nigeria. Following allegations of various human rights violations contained in the 18page letter written by former president olusegun obasanjo to president goodluck jonathan, the president has directed the national human rights commission nhrc to investigate the. We have heard of how buhari and his party are going about his own. The 18page letter entitled before it is too late warned that the nation was fast losing its moorings and drifting into chaos and uncertainty. President goodluck jonathan s reply to obasanjos letter politics 5 nairaland. This distraction was the lengthy 18page open letter pdf written by former president olusegun obasanjo to president goodluck jonathan. Purported iyabo obasanjos letter a forgery expresident. What nigerians will not settle for is an evasive letter that is tainted in sentiments and emotions.
Sanusi lamido, in a letter sent to president goodluck jonathan. Obasanjo writes letter to buhari on nigerian insecurity. Nairaland forum nairaland general politics lengthy summary of the 18page obasanjo s letter to president jonathan 1020 views obasanjo s letter to senate and house of representatives photo of obasanjo s letter to buhari. Atiku abubakar reacts to obasanjos letter to president. Pdf a speech act analysis of open correspondence between. One, the current situation and consequent possible outcome dictate that i should, before the door closes on.
Nigeria, a wonderful country, shall never cease of both natural and humanabracawonder. Beyond obasanjos letter to buhari the guardian nigeria. Dec, 20 former president olusegun obasanjo witheringly criticizes president goodluck jonathans governance in an eighteen page, ostensibly private, letter that has been leaked to the press. President goodluck jonathans letter to former president. Yakasai blasts obasanjo over latest open letter to buhari. Before it is too late i am constrained to make this an open letter to you for a number of reasons. Obasanjos letter and jonathans many sins vanguard news. Obasanjo said in the 18page letter dated december 2, 20 and. Obasanjo was so into the game as he had to remove his shirt to enjoy the game. Former president olusegun obasanjo witheringly criticizes president goodluck jonathan s governance in an eighteen page, ostensibly private, letter that has been leaked to the press. Goodluck jonathan was not the president of the country then. Whilst i have written before that olusegun obasanjo himself is a disgrace. President jonathan s cabinet as acting president after the death of president umaru musa yaradua, dr.
Expresident olusegun obasanjo full text of obasanjos letter to president jonathan before it is too late i am constrained to make this an open letter to you for a number of reasons. A platform through which the tough and the weak explore to vent their disagreement about the subject of their concerns. There was a report that obasanjo made the ministers sign their resignation letters before they even took their oath of office. I have battled an inner urge to respond to the letter in a detailed and logical manner here. Jan 23, 2018 full text of obasanjos letter to president buhari. In december 20, obasanjo wrote an 18page letter to former president goodluck jonathan excoriating him for incompetence and nepotism. Yakasai who spoke to a group of journalists in kano said obasanjos letter to buhari dated july 15 and released by. In what appeared like renewed realignment, former president olusegun obasanjo on friday evening visited ex president goodluck jonathan in his country home in otuoke, bayelsa state.
Jonathan,gcfr, president and commanderinchief of the federal republic of nigeria presidential villa, asokoro, abuja dear mr. Osinbajo, amaechi didnt hold meeting with obasanjo. Jonathan orders nhrc to probe allegations of rights abuses. Government, believes that swapping the girls for the terrorists will not only violate the spirit and letters of the terrorism prevention act but also hurt its allies us, uk, france and others which have joined in the search for the girls. Also, armed robbery started in this country immediately after the civil war and since then. Pdp, confirmed the reasons why obasanjo had chosen this ticket. Nigerian president goodluck jonathan s office hits back at exleader olusegun obasanjo for a provocative letter condemning his leadership and telling him not to seek reelection. Dec 24, 20 nigerias goodluck jonathan faces first significant political crisis. I took my time to read the letter described as historic by premium times which broke the story in detail. The speech act analyses of obasanjogoodlucks open correspondence have. One of the major online news outfits captured the scenario.
Dec 11, 20 the former president of the federal republic of nigeria olusegun obasanjo reportedly sent the present head of states president goodluck ebele jonathan an 18page letter, accusing him of ineptitude. On may 2014, obasanjo wrote to president goodluck jonathan requesting that he should. The herdsmencrop farmers issue is being wittingly or unwittingly allowed to turn sour and messy. President the same way he claimed he wrote four series of letters to former president goodluck jonathan before addressing him. Nigerias former president olusegun obasanjo has responded to goodluck jonathan s open letter. First, obasanjos language is more respectful in his letter to buhari than it was in his letter to jonathan.