Ex-Senate President, Ebute, Chides Obasanjo Over Letter To Buhari

A former Senate President, Ameh Ebute, yesterday joined many Nigerians that had condemned the bashing of the present administration by former President Olusegun Obasanjo in his letter.

The former senate president in a letter addressed to Chief Obasanjo entitled; “Re: The Way Out: A Clarion Call for Coalition for Nigeria Movement,” lampooned him for resorting to letter writing to his successor rather than seeking audience with him, adding that such action smacked off mischief.

The senator, who briefed journalists in Abuja on the content of his letter, said he had cautioned Obasanjo when he wrote former President Jonathan a similar letter that it was not in the interest of the unity and peace of the nation as it was an affront on decency and decorous behaviour by publicly attempting to ridicule, malign and assault the seat of power with a repeat letter to President Buhari.

“In the current instance too, you have reeled out a torrent of subsisting problems and perceived deficiencies of the Buhari Presidency very hypocritically and in utmost contempt for the office and personality of President Buhari.

It is all in veiled pursuit of your secret agenda for the absolute ruination and destruction of Nigeria, a foundation faultily laid by you between 1999 and 2007, when you served as President of the country,” he stated.

Ebute maintained that the new found love of the former President was rather exacerbating series of national problems which he (Obasanjo), failed to tackle in his eight years reign. “The issues of poverty, insecurity, poor economic management as trumpeted in your letter have existed with Nigeria and aggravated under your reign as President.

Precisely, poverty, hunger and disease are cardinal components of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), which you claim to be spearheading efforts in the guise of ‘Zero Hunger’ initiative; but gave no attention to it when you wielded power at Aso Rock.
This is the pretence and deception that have become your trademark and uprooted or alienated you from Nigerians. “No one is surprised that you disparaged President Buhari’s efforts in curbing the monster of corruption and insurgency, which flourished under your administration and became untamable with the reserved commendation by declaring that; ‘It is not yet Uhuru!’