Despite their meeting over breakfast in Kenya on Friday, President
Goodluck Jonathan has take up his pen and paper and he is putting
together what inside sources say is a "robust reply" to Chief Olusegun
Obasanjo.
First, the Presidency is in panic mood as to how
Obasanjo got some of the information he disclosed his his long letter
because they are top secret and it is believed that some aides to
President Jonathan will be sacked in a bid to cover all leakages. The
next line of action now is to deny some of the weighty revelations...
Presidential
aides saddled with the responsibility of compiling a response to the
letter met again for hours inside the Presidential Villa in Abuja on
Friday. Those who met included the Special Adviser to the President on
Political Matters, Ahmed Gulak; Senior Special Assistant to the
President on Public Affairs, Dr. Doyin Okupe; Senior Special Assistant
to the Vice President on Media and Publicity, Mr. Umar Sani.
A
source told Punch that, “The aides will present their work to the
President over the weekend. By the time he goes through it and make
corrections, the response may be ready any time next week.”
Recall
that in his strong-worded letter, Obasanjo had accused President
Jonathan of pursuing “selfish personal and political interests based on
advice from his self-centred aides.”
He also alleged that the
President had failed to deliver on his promises to Nigerians and to curb
insurgency and corruption in the country.
“Nigeria is bleeding and the haemorrhage must be stopped,” Obasanjo warned Jonathan.