President Goodluck Jonathan
President
Goodluck Jonathan again on Wednesday hit out at former President
Olusegun Obasanjo over an 18-page letter in which he accused him
of deceit, deception, dishonesty, incompetence and clannishness.
He had on Sunday described the letter as full of lies.
The President revisited the issue during a
Christmas Day service held at the Cathedral Church of the Advent, Life
Camp, Gwarinpa, Abuja.
Though he did not mention the name of the
former President specifically, Jonathan regretted that some politicians
who thought the country belonged to them had started thinking about
the next election.
In the process, he said, such politicians had started doing what they ought not to do, including writing letters.
He said contrary to what they thought, the country did not belong to any politician or group of politicians.
Rather, he said Nigeria belonged to statesmen, traditional rulers, religious leaders, men, women and youths.
Jonathan said, “We politicians that think
we own this country and are already thinking about next election; we
are doing what we ought not to do; making statement we ought not to
make and writing letters we are supposed not to write.
“This country belongs to our statesmen,
traditional rulers, religious leaders, our men, our women, our youths.
Nigeria does not belong to any politician or group of politicians. So,
we will continue to urge the clergymen to pray for this country.”
Jonathan also spoke on terrorism in
parts of the country, saying Nigerians were lucky that the situation
was being brought under control.
Citing the example of Pakistan, Jonathan argued that naturally, countries infested with terrorism hardly survived it.
