APC Party Hails Obasanjo For Ignoring Jonathan’s Letter, Calls GEJ’s Response Indecent

The All Progressives Congress (APC) says the
presidency has been greatly diminished by its
decision to throw decorum to the wind and engage
former President Olusegun Obasanjo in a hot
exchange of words in what may now be described as
'lettergate', the latest in a series of scandals to hit
the Jonathan presidency.
In a statement issued in Lagos on Thursday by its
National Publicity Secretary, Alhaji Lai Mohammed,
the party said while it is not interested in joining the
fray over the issues contained in the letters written
by both men, the decision by the President to go
personal in his reaction crossed the threshold of
decency and brought the presidency – and indeed
the country – into disrepute.
It said in other climes, the President would have
simply issued a terse response to such a letter
denying the allegations that border on national
security, if any; as well as saying the former
President's observations have been noted, and that
the government would study them and then engage
with the former President in private, while assuring
that the ship of state is on course.
"Instead, the President's response read like the stuff
of gossip magazines, and the exchange of words felt
like what one would have expected in a beer parlour.
At the end of the day, the Presidency allowed
Obasanjo to take the higher moral ground by simply
insisting on the allegations he made in his letter and
saying he would not respond to the presidency's
reply
"The President, who accused Obasanjo of doing him a
great injustice, has himself done a great injustice to
the Presidency, which is an institution in which he is
only a tenant. In the end, the President of Africa's
most populous nation, the leader of the foremost
black nation on earth and the Commander-in-Chief of
the Armed Forces of the Federal Republic of Nigeria
simply desecrated his own presidency and allowed
those who can only be likened to gravy train
passengers, rascals and knaves to seize the initiative
from him.
"This is what happens when a President is
surrounded by self-serving, boot-licking and
dishonest people, at the expense of seasoned
technocrats and veteran policymakers, who would
have reminded the President that while critics can
afford to fire all sorts of darts at him, as the
custodian of the presidency at this point in time, he
cannot afford to respond in kind because, in doing so,
he would be debasing the presidency as an
institution," APC said.
[Premium Times]

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