OBJ "In High Spirits", Ready To Meet PDP BoT Members

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo on Tuesday said he was not losing sleep over recent attacks on him by presidential aides and a former Federal Commissioner for Information, Chief Edwin Clark, because of the letter he wrote to President Goodluck Jonathan.

Obasanjo, speaking with journalists through his media aide, Mr. Tunde Oladunjoye, claimed he was ready to meet with the Peoples Democratic Party’s Board of Trustees members, over his reported feud with the President.

The former President said he was unfazed by the letter written to him by Clark and the rantings and abuse by the President’s aides.

It would be recalled that the Ijaw national leader had in his letter dated January 3, described Obasanjo as an unrepentant troublemaker, liar and manipulator.

In the 10-page letter titled, ‘Let The Truth Be Told Before It Is Too Late, Clark said, “Mr. former President, I will also like to use the language of your daughter, Iyabo, to describe you to Nigerians.

“You are ‘a liar, manipulator, two-faced hypocrite… You have egoistic craving for power and live a life only men of low self-esteem and intellect thrive.”

However, as it has been learnt from Oladunjoye, Obasanjo was not disturbed by insults and abuses being hauled at him because of the December 2, 2013 letter to Jonathan. The media aide said Obasanjo was "full of life" and "in high spirits" as Oladunjoye spent about 5 hours with him Tuesday morning. 

Oladunjoye's words

“After being with him for about 5 hours, he told me 'Tunde, I want to go to sleep'. That means he has not lost sleep, regardless of abuse, rantings and insults.”

On the plan by the PDP’s BoT to settle the rift between Obasanjo and Jonathan, he said that the ex-President had received the BoT members in the past, adding that he was ready to receive them again.

The media aide also stated the following: “I want to tell you that Chief Obasanjo is not at war with anybody, including President Jonathan. He has always maintained that his doors are open to all Nigerians, regardless of political affiliations. If members of the BoT decide to visit him, it will not be the first time. If he is in the country, he will receive them."

Meanwhile, the governing board of the National Human Rights Commission will meet not later than two weeks from now to consider major issues before the body.

One of the issues is a memo from the Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Muhammad Adoke (SAN), asking for an investigation into Obasanjo’s letter.

Adoke had in the December 23 memo addressed to the Executive Secretary of the NHRC, Prof. Bem Angwe, requested the commission to investigate the allegations bordering on human rights violations contained on pages 9 to 10 of the letter.

The commission’s chairman, Prof. Chidi Odinkalu, assured the journalists that the investigation would be carried out, saying,

“I want to ensure that everything is done under the authority of the council. That is what we proposed to do. We will meet not later than two weeks from now. Some of our members are not in the country.”

It was also gathered that security agents had not begun investigations into Obasanjo’s allegations.

A senior police officer confided in one of our correspondents in Abuja that the police did not have record of investigations of the allegations made by Obasanjo.

The officer described the issues as political which, according to him, will be resolved by the parties concerned.

Source: Legit.ng