The Nation / Frank Ikpefan, Abuja / 1 hours ago

The Northwest Solidarity Forum (NSF) has described the silence of the Peoples Democratic Party governors

controversial letter written by former President Olusegun Obasanjo

Jonathan

Goodluck

President

worrisome.

The group’s Zonal Leader,

Abubakar Danfulani, said in a statement issued on Monday in Abuja that the governors’ silence was worrisome to the Forum, adding that there was need for them to intervene in a measured manner that will engender reconciliation.

In the statement titled: “Obasanjo’s letter: Where are the PDP governors?” the Forum said it was concerned about the content of the 18-page letter which centred on issues of governance and exposed details of such other issues which should not have been meant for the public space.

The statement reads: “while the Forum is still pondering the motivation behind the declassification of the letter by Chief Obasanjo, it is quite surprising that none of the governors of the

Democratic Party (PDP) have deemed it necessary to intervene in the matter through measured comments that will engender reconciliation.

“The silence in the camp of the PDP

It gives the

is worrisome.

governors

Forum the impression

governors may be sympathetic to the cause of Chief Obasanjo since he was said to have been responsible for the election of no fewer than 18 out of the 23 of them (out of which five have now

Progressives

All

the

to

defected

Congress (APC).

“But is that enough reason to keep mute and stand the risk of being complicit in the grand plan by the former President to expose the underbelly of President Goodluck Jonathan’s administration to attacks by the opposition elements?

“At this point, the PDP governors who believe in the survival of the Federal Government and the PDP cannot afford to sit on the fence or keep mute.

“They cannot afford to pander to the whims and caprices of an

who has a personal axe to grind with President Jonathan at the detriment of the Federal Government and the ruling PDP.

“They must stand up to

party from

the

and

government

grand conspiratorial alliances that are being maliciously coupled

Obasanjo with a view to undermining the Federal Government under

watch of President Jonathan.”