Human rights lawyer, Mr. Femi Falana (SAN), said on
Thursday that President Goodluck Jonathan should
address the allegations levelled against him by former
President Olusegun Obasanjo.
Obasanjo, in a letter to Jonathan dated December 2 but
leaked to the media on Wednesday, had among others,
accused Jonathan of incompetence, abuse of office,
corruption and gross mismanagement of the resources
of the nation.
Falana said in a statement on Thursday that while
Obasanjo’s allegations against the President must not
be swept under the carpet, the ex-President lacked the
moral authority to tutor Jonathan on any of the subjects
raised.
“No doubt, the allegations which lacerated the
controversial letter are weighty. Instead of dismissing
the contents of the letter the Presidency should respond
to the allegations raised therein seriatim. In particular,
the allegation that the Federal Government is setting up
a Presidential Strike Force to carry out terrorist attacks
on political opponents should not be swept under the
carpet,” Falana said.
The rights lawyer, who picked hole in Obasanjo’s 18-
page letter, urged Nigerians to take advantage “of the
intra-class war going on in the ruling party to get
organised and take their political destiny in their own
hands.”
He said, “However, it is pertinent to point out that
President Jonathan is a faithful student of the Olusegun
Obasanjo School of Politics. While President Jonathan
has been accused by Gen. Obasanjo of diverting $7bn
from the Federation Account he (President Obasanjo)
has yet to account for the over $20bn which he diverted
from the same account.
“The 36 state governments sued the Federal
Government over the illegal diversion of such huge
public fund by President Obasanjo and the case is
currently pending at the Supreme Court.”
Among other wrongs which Falana said Obasanjo had
equally committed as President like Jonathan were
mismanagement of federation account, disloyalty to his
(Obasanjo’s) ruling party, aiding corrupt persons and
opposition to national conference.
However, a former Deputy National Publicity Secretary
of the Peoples Democratic Party, Alhaji Raheem
Adedoyin, has urged President Jonathan to address the
issues raised by Obasanjo.
Adedoyin during a media briefing in Ilorin on Thursday
on his defection to the All Progressives Congress said
many people including the G-7 governors had raised the
alarm over the alleged rising corruption under
Jonathan’s administration.
“President Jonathan has to look at the issues that Chief
Obasanjo noted and address them. It is okay that
President Jonathan has directed that there should not
be media war with Obasanjo over his letter.
“He has leveled specific allegations, Jonathan should
take those allegations one by one and dismiss them.
That is what Nigerians are waiting for now. I am not
saying that Chief Obasanjo is wrong or right but he has
enough weight for whatever he says to command
attention.
“It is not just what you can waive aside and say that
Obasanjo is against us. That is not the issue. The issue is
that he has raised specific concerns and President
Jonathan must address those concerns,” Adedoyin said.



Source: www.punchng.com/news/jonathan-should-address-obasanjos-allegations-falana-adedoyin/

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