The former president himself was furious when approached by Vanguard,
yesterday, as he hurled invectives at the newspaper. The exchange
between Vanguard and the former president ran thus:
Continue after the Break.
Vanguard: Sir, we tried reaching you all through yesterday, to no avail, over the letter written by your daughter, Iyabo, to you.
A former Minister of Aviation, Chief Femi
Fani-Kayode, who had initially taken to Twitter to deny the
authenticity of the letter on behalf of Iyabo backtracked, stating that
he was confused as to his initial claim.
Vanguard: Sir, we tried reaching you all through yesterday, to no avail, over the letter written by your daughter, Iyabo, to you.
Chief Obasanjo: You are a bloody idiot, you have published the paper and you are now looking for me, you are an idiot, don’t call me again. When Iyabo finishes you in court…. (hangs up).
He cited various “conflicting reports” as
the reason for his sudden change of posture noting that the supposed
letter by Iyabo should not sway Nigerians from demanding a reply from
Jonathan on the sundry allegations leveled against the President as
contained in Obasanjo’s letter.
Fani-Kayode, a former spokesperson of
ex-President Obasanjo, said there was no need to start poke-nosing into
the “privately family matters” of his former boss, saying he will now
rely on whatever is said personally by Iyabo.
“(I) don’t know what to believe about who wrote the letter to Obasanjo published by a national newspaper anymore. Let Iyabo Obasnajo herself talk because there are conflicting reports. I am more interested in the letter that OBJ wrote to GEJ and the issues raised there than OBJ’s private family matters,” Fani-Kayode wrote on his Facebook page.
Also, a former presidential candidate of
the National Conscience Party, Chief Dele Momodu, expressed skepticism
over the said letter. “If it is true that Iyabo Obasanjo did not pen
that controversial letter to her dad, whoever did deserves a Nobel Prize
in Literature!” Momodu tweeted.
A prolific Twitter user, Babatunde
Rosanwo, aligned himself with the argument of Fani-Kayode and accused
the Presidency of attempting to distract Nigerians from the main issues
raised by Obasanjo.
He noted that the same scenario played
out during the fuel subsidy scandal involving Femi Otedola and House of
Representatives Committee saddled with the investigation of the alleged
fraud.
He said, “There is no evidence to say
Iyabo wrote the letter or not. I am simply saying it should not distract
us from national issues at hand. Obasanjo wrote a letter of grave
national consequences to the President, “Iyabo” wrote a letter of no
such consequences to her father.
“The distraction here is the Presidency and their spin masters wanting you to follow “Iyabo” and forget about Obasanjo’s letter. This Presidency is the master of distraction. The Iyabo letter is for toddlers, it’s a simple pattern.
“The fuel subsidy era brought in Otedola to neutralise Farouk Lawan Committee report. Here too, they are bringing in Iyabo to neutralise ObJ’s letter.”
One Marian Awolowo also wrote on Facebook
that the content of the said letter written by Iyabo should not be
enough reason to distract Nigerians from the allegations levelled
against Jonathan by Obasanjo, adding that the President needed to
dignify Nigerians with a response.
Marian said, “I will urge Nigerians never
to allow these few malicious evil detractors to win. It is all
propaganda tools that have never gotten them anywhere apart from
creating untimely death along their path.
“So Nigerians need to be awake and not be distracted,” she wrote. The Presidency has yet to respond to the allegation that it sponsored the campaign, a message on the Twitter page of the Presidential Assistant on New Media stated, “When God fights for a man, the man does not even have to lift a finger!”
Look at them- chai! It's either Fani or Dele or another of your kind. They should first of all ask obasanjo about all d politically motivated killings during his regime before speculating on non-existent snipers.
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