The Office Of The Nigerian President, Has A Value Tending Towards ZERO-Tope Fasua

A PSYCHOANALYSIS OF OBJ LETTER BOMB
Many analysis has been done of the famous letter. But I am more interested in constructing the events that precipitated such a bombshell. That I hope to do by looking at the specific statements contained in the letter, the choice of language, and the inferences. In other words, I intend to read between the lines. Most analysis have come down hard on one side or the other. That means taking sides. So you love President Jonathan, and all you can do is rain
abuses on Obasanjo, and unearth his dalliances with his son’s wife, or his many acts of thievery.
Or you love Obasanjo, and you ignore the fact that he is an unlikely messenger and ask Jonathan to
respond immediately. If one takes either of those positions, he will miss the underlying points that
the letter sought to bring attention to. That would be dangerous. I take this opportunity to quickly
dispatch the letter purportedly written by Iyabo Obasanjo. By every means, the letter circulating
now, based on my psychoanalysis and some sort of forensics, is a fake. I don’t believe Iyabo is so
stupid, with a Phd in her bag, to write such a lowly letter at that auspicious occasion – a letter
that revealed that she was every bit the monster she accused her father of being. The Iyabo letter revealed that she also was what
Obasanjo accused Jonathan of being; an ingrate. No matter what Obasanjo may have done to
Iyabo, she rode on his wings and became a Commissioner for Health in Ogun State, and later
a Senator of the Federal Republic. What the hell would she be wanting from her father. There are
millions of men out there who have abused their children and left their children high and dry. The iyabo letter shows that she still expects to be benefiting from her Dad, years after serving as a senator! If she wrote that letter, then it is she who
has a problem, not her dad. Someone who knows Iyabo’s issues with her Dad, who knows them
very well, wrote the letter. Iyabo is far smarter than that. Baba’s letter reveals a lot about all the
personalities involved, about our institutions, and about Nigerians in general. Let us look at the first
paragraph, wherein Obasanjo stated that “None of the four or more letters I have written to you in the past two years has elicited any acknowledgement or response”. Let us think again, because this is a serious issue. What kind
of Aso Villa does President Jonathan run, that cannot have a standard process in place for
answering such letters? What does Ogiadhome, his Chief of Staff, and Abati, do? What advice do
they give the president? Or perhaps, letters get written to President Jonathan and he never sees
them. What means did Obasanjo use to deliver the letter? Or did Jonathan see the letters and decide
to ignore them? If he did, that would be tactless - on several occasions – and he would have indeed deserved the letter bomb which came.
Because, just like a for a woman, one should learn never to scorn an old man or woman. The letter
written by Obasanjo is almost treasonable in part, but as I write, no one has the guts to pick him up
and draw international opprobrium. No one wants to be seen as another Abacha. Obasanjo is connected, so it is sheer stupidity to ignore such a
man! The second broad issue that catches the eye and that is so disturbing is the choice of Baba’s
language. A lover of President Jonathan will tell us just how much the office of the president of the
Federal Republic has been decimated. But this is just icing on the cake. We are a devalued people,
like it or not. Nigerians are the most undervalued, distrusted, disrespected, disdained people on
earth. Check it. Where else? Afghanistan? Iran? Iraq? Colombia? All these countries have issues,
ranging from drugs to terrorism, but even their people look down on Nigerians. Nigeria is today
the highest global supplier of economic refugees, criminals, and generally misdirected or directionless people in the world. Thousands of our people still manage to escape abroad even as
our economic managers tell us all is well. Nothing shows better than anything else, that the country
is deeply troubled than the permanent efflux of our
young and old, peasants and professionals. When your citizens show up in their thousands, daily
begging immigration officers in every innocuous country to be let in, it doesn’t matter if you flew in
in a gold-plated megajet or you came with the boat. So already, the office of the Nigerian
president, has a value tending towards ZERO! So it is insult upon injury for Baba to use words
like; “..if you can shun yourself of personal and political interests and dwell more on national interest… (you are) acting for a definitive purpose for which deceit and deception seems to be the major ingredients… You may wish to pursue a more credible and more honourable path… as a leader two things you must hold dear is trust and honour both of which are ingredients of character… I want to see anyone in the office of
the Nigerian president as a man or woman who can be trusted; a person of honour in his words
and character… You denied ever requesting any president to talk to me. I was not surprised
because I am used to such position of denial coming from you. Please move away from the extremes … and carry ALL along…. Declaring that
one section of the country voted for you as if you got no votes from other sections can only be unnecessary talk… (You are) assisting criminals to evade justice, and unbridled corruption and obscene rulers’ opulence… when the guard becomes the thief nothing is safe… May God grant you the grace for at least one effective correction against high corruption which seems to stink all around you in your government… (you) should rise above pettiness and unpresidential acts… clear indication of how unscrupulous and unethical the presidency can go to pursue your personal and political interests.. persistent reports of involvement of high-level political figures in drug trafficking and (your) condonation (sic) of the crimes for political gains… your latter-day conversion to National Conference is fraught with dangers of disunity, confusion and chaos…” Now, these are not funny words. I’ve never heard any president spoken to in this manner. The letter ended with a salvo, threatening that the letter’s audience will be expanded as time went on. I want to believe that the letter was ignored AGAIN, as it was written on the 2nd and only became public like ten days later. More is revealed about the two characters. Obasanjo is the proper old man who wants to control everything. He is also shorn of integrity himself, accusing someone else of doing exactly what he did in his time. Many say it’s just desserts served him. For me though, given my personal experiences, I cannot stomach those who repay good with evil. I remember Obasanjo moving against a Yaradua, even on his death bed, in favour of Jonathan (who actually appreciates being Nigeria’s president, if not for himself, but for his people). Obasanjo put the nail in Yaradua’s coffin when he asked him to “toe the path of honour”, the exact same words he has repeated this time. Yaradua equally resisted Obasanjo but things never descended this low. Today, their great PDP seems to be surely falling apart. Someone who assists one in achieving one’s lifelong goals should NEVER be treated with levity, no matter how crazy that person is. It is despicable to say “ehn! Shebi someone assisted you too! So what?” or to point to such a benefactor’s shortcomings. If President Jonathan is such a person, that is not good for all of us.