In an 18-page letter dated December 2, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo accused President Goodluck Jonathan's administration of incompetence, abuse of office, corruption and gross mismanagement of the resources of the nation.
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Apart from accusing the regime of celebrating criminality, including drug trafficking, Chief Obasanjo has blamed the regime for the rising wave of impunity, terrorism and ethno-religious strife in the country. No doubt, the allegations which lacerated the controversial letter are weighty. Instead of dismissing the contents of the letter the Presidency should respond to the allegations raised therein seriatim. In particular, the allegation that the Federal Government is setting up a Presidential Strike Force to carry out terrorist attacks on political opponents should not be swept under the carpet.
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However, it is pertinent to point out that President Jonathan is a faithful student of the Olusegun Obasanjo School of Politics. While President Jonathan has been accused by General Obasanjo of diverting $7 billion from the Federation Account he (President Obasanjo) is yet to account for the over $20 billion which he diverted from the same account.
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The 36 state governments sued the Federal Government over the illegal diversion of such huge public fund by President Obasanjo and the case is currently pending at the Supreme Court.
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The Senate recently indicted Presidents Obasanjo, Yar'Adua and Jonathan for mismanaging the Federation Account to the tune of N1.5 trillion.
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The Senate has recommended the revocation of the fraudulent privatisation of public assets carried out by President Obasanjo.
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The Transcorp Hotel was bought by a sitting President through "blind trust" while the House of Representatives indicted the Obasanjo regime for spending $16 billion to generate darkness.
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Does President Obasanjo know any President who used public funds to establish a private university and a presidential library through extortion of funds from government agencies and contractors?
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On disloyalty to the ruling party President Obasanjo defied the Supreme Court when it pronounced Senator Ararume as the gubernatorial candidate of PDP for Imo State during the "do-or-die" general election of 2007. The imperial presidency directed PDP members to vote for the candidate of the PPA who "won" the election.
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In his book, Accidental Public Servant, Mr. Nasir el- Rufai gave a vivid account of how President wanted General Buhari of ANPP to nominate Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala as his Vice-Presidential candidate as a precondition for ditching the presidential candidate of the PDP, Dr. Goodluck Jonathan during the 2011 general election.
We do not want anything like beef or quarell between them cos the whole of Nigeria will not be pleased with that