Jonathan tackles Obasanjo: ‘Your utterances ridiculing Nigeria, scaring investors’

President Goodluck Jonathan has accused former President Olusegun Obasanjo of ridiculing Nigeria before the international community and of scaring investors away from the country by his consistent criticism of his administration.

In an interview with the Nigerian Tribune, Mr. Jonathan said Mr. Obasanjo, by his utterances, was creating the impression that Nigeria is a country on the verge of collapse.

Mr. Jonathan therefore advised the former president to be civil in his criticism so as not to create the impression that the country is in crisis.

“For one reason or the other, Obasanjo may disagree with me as his first political son. You can even disagree with your own biological children, as a human being, not to talk of disagreeing with your political children. So, he can agree or disagree with me, but the utterances have to be managed in a way that it does not affect the economy and security of this country.

“But I will use this opportunity, because you asked, to just plead with my father that he is a leader, a former president of the country. He has led the country more than anybody — eight years of democratic governance and almost four years of military governance. No other person has that kind of record.

Mr. Jonathan however insisted that he remained a political child of Mr. Obasanjo, saying he owes his rise to political prominence to the influence of the former President…

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4 Responses to “Jonathan tackles Obasanjo: ‘Your utterances ridiculing Nigeria, scaring investors’”

  1. Unknown's avatar

    Who do u pple tink who win d election?

  2. Unknown's avatar

    The world knows d truth,d world sees your efforts,do not mind d baba obj, your performances had put him to shame, just continue till 2019, Nigeria is greater than Obasanjo, he can never stop you!.GEJ till 2019..

  3. Unknown's avatar

    Na so His Face looks, so njo … Goodie’ Carry go

  4. Unknown's avatar

    Obasanjo should leave Nigeria in peace biko

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