Why I Hate Jonathan-Obasanjo

Obasanjo Reveals Why He Criticized Jonathan Publicly

At an occasion in Lagos where he publicly presented his
controversial memoir, former President, Olusegun
Obasanjo spoke in defense of why he publicly criticizes
President Goodluck Jonathan in recent time despite having
access to him.
He linked his open criticism of the present administration
to Jonathan’s lack of receptive ears.
Speaking Obasanjo said: “You will see a few letters I put in
the book that were correspondences between me and the
president and how I described my frustration of going
privately to the president, taking up issues with him and
getting no reaction.
“When I was president, I had my predecessors who would
come to me, some with written notes and I would give
answers and react and if I cannot give answers and react
there immediately, I will say: ‘give me time, let me do
something’ and I would react.
“That’s the way I believe it should be. He should be able to
come, talk to me and I give you an answer. You would see
in the book some of my reactions in the past. So if you have
audience but you have no receptive ears, then you must
have another way of communication. That’s what has
happened,” he said.
The former president, who used his speech to react to a
court injunction against the publication of the book secured
by the Chairman Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) South-
West Committee on Mobilisation and Organisation, Chief
Buruji Kashamu, said he refused to obey the court
injunction because he completed the production of the
book three weeks before the presentation.
“The book had been printed and published before that man
went to court. I don’t regard that. Another thing you don’t
know is that the man went to court and today (the day the
book was presented) was fixed for hearing. After that, he
went to another judge to get injunction at 5pm on Friday.
What is that? If there is anything illegal, you know I won’t be
part of it. We are here lawfully, legally and we will continue
to act lawfully and legally,” he assured.
Meanwhile, Kashamu has criticized Obasanjo’s action and
threatened to sue him for contempt of court. Disclosing this
in a statement released in Abeokuta, Kashamu said he had
already instructed his lawyers to press criminal contempt
charges against the ex-president.
While describing the ex-president as “lawless,” he said his
disregard for the judiciary was “indecent and uncivilized.”
Obasanjo also took advantage of his address at the event to
throw broadsides at the president, former Vice- President,
Atiku Abubakar; former Ogun State Governor, Chief Gbenga
Daniel and former Minister of Federal Capital Territory
(FCT), Mallam Nasir el-Rufai.
While describing General Muhammadu Buhari(rtd.) in the
book as someone who “would not be a good economic
manager” he said he would be “a strong, almost inflexible,
courageous and firm leader,” the former leader labelled
Atiku as a ‘blatant and shameless liar” accusing him of
being the main architect of the alleged third term saga.
As regards the re-election bid of President Jonathan,
Obasanjo said: “Even if legally and constitutionally
Jonathan could go for a second term, morally, ethically, he
cannot because he voluntarily gave that up even before he
was voted in for the first term.
“I hope he was not playing a game of deceit then. If he
reneges, on whatever grounds, he would have mortally
impaired himself as an untrustworthy man; deceitful,
selfish and unreliable, and would say anything to achieve
his interests,” he added.