Obasanjo's letter to Jonathan: Atiku urges elders to speak up.
Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has said although he was not
competent to speak on former President Olusegun Obasanjo's letter to
President Goodluck Jonathan because he was not privy to the
communication, it was expedient for leaders consulted by the former
President before the publication of the letter to intervene and reduce
the tension created by former President Obasanjo's weighty allegations.
In a statement issued by his media office in Abuja, former Vice
President Abubakar said like every other Nigerian, he was nervous about
the allegations made by the former President and that those elders
mentioned by Obasanjo had a moral duty to add their voices to the issue.
According
to Atiku, the allegations were too disturbing to be treated with apathy
by any political stakeholder like him. He said at a moment of national
anxiety or uncertainty, leaders across the country should rise to the
occasion and reassure fellow Nigerians about the future.
He
explained that at a time the rest of the world was looking at Nigeria as
a beacon of hope for stability, the content of Obasanjo's letter should
be urgently addressed by former leaders and elders.
Former Vice
President Abubakar said with the attention of Nigerians focused on the
2015 elections, there was the urgent need to reassure Nigerians.
“Our
priorities for Nigeria are forging lasting solutions to our chronic
unemployment, providing safety and security for all, and vastly
improving our failing education systems. President Jonathan's government
has consistently failed to address these critical concerns,” Atiku
said.
“That said, it is on record that I have firmly fought for a
democracy where the voters choose their future leaders, not political
party bosses. If the incumbent President insists on continuing to
destroy his own party with vindictive internal wars and thinks his
record of rising youth unemployment, never-ending violence, corruption
and scandals is worthy of another term, then he is welcome to run. We
are confident Nigerians will exercise their democratic right to choose
new leadership in 2015,” he said.
Former Vice President Abubakar
said with the attention of Nigerians focused on the 2015 elections,
there was the urgent need to reassure Nigerians.
Atiku explained
that the President was free to run his government without interference,
but said sometimes even sitting Presidents needed outside constructive
interventions to move the country forward.
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