Jonathan Will Reply Obasanjo at the Appropriate Time - Abati

President Goodluck Jonathan has promised to reply the
allegations made against him by former president Olusegun
Obasanjo at the appropriate time, a tweet by the presidential
spokesman, Reuben Abati said.

Using his twitter handle, @abati1990, Abati said "the
President himself will, at the appropriate time, offer a full
personal response to the most reckless, baseless, unjustifiable
and indecorous charges levied against him and his
administration by the former Head of State".

Noting that "The Presidency acknowledges that it has indeed
received the said letter from Chief Obasanjo" Abati tweeted
that "Chief Olusegun Obasanjo's letter to President Jonathan
is unbecoming, self-serving and highly provocative".

Abati further tweeted that "While many patriotic, objective &
well-meaning Nigerians have already condemned the leaked
letter as self-serving, hypocritical, malicious" the presidency
finds it "unbecoming that the letter has been leaked to the
media in a deplorable effort​ to​ impugn the integrity of the
President".

Obasanjo Tells Jonathan To Forget 2015

Former president, Olusegun Obasanjo had written a letter to
President Jonathan accusing him of failing to deliver on his
promises to the Nigerian people, stem corruption, promote
national unity and strengthen national security.

Obasanjo, in the letter, titled Before It Is Too Late, said
Jonathan told him before the 2011 election he would not seek
a second term, and made the same promise to governors, party
stakeholders and Nigerians.

The president's refusal to keep that promise cast him as a man
without honour, Mr. Obasanjo said.

Saying it would be "fatally morally flawed" for Mr. Jonathan
to contest in 2015, Mr. Obasanjo added, "As a leader, two
things you must cherish and hold dear among others are trust
and honour both of which are important ingredients of
character. I will want to see anyone in the Office of the
Presidency of Nigeria as a man or woman who can be trusted,
a person of honour in his words and character."

Obasanjo also accused Mr. Jonathan of anti-party conducts –
supporting opposition parties' candidates in governorship
elections in Lagos, Ondo, Edo and Anambra states at the
detriment of PDP's own candidates –, and of pitting party
members against one another.