Tanko Yakasai, a founding member
of Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF), says writing “unpatriotic” letters is a
peculiar attitude of ex-President Olusegun Obasanjo.
Yakasai said this in reaction to
the letter Obasanjo wrote to Buhari on the insecurity in the country.
But speaking to journalists in
Kano on Monday, Yakasai said the content of the letter may cause unrest in the
country.
He said all letters written by
Obasanjo to past Nigerian leaders were never inspired by patriotism but selfish
interests.
Yakasai said one of the letters
Obasanjo wrote during the reign of late Sani Abacha, former military head of
state, landed him in prison.
“The actions of General Olusegun
Obasanjo are, indeed, an open invitation for disaster for this country with the
kind of hate speeches and messages that are flying all over the country,”
Yakasai said.
“I don’t see patriotism in
General Obasanjo’s letters. In fact, all the letters written by General
Obasanjo to all Military Heads of State and Presidents of the Federal Republic
of Nigeria are not guided by patriotic considerations.
“My experience with Nigerian
political situation is that the top echelons of the Military are always
fighting one another, either when in the service or when on retirement.
“It is from this angle that I
always view most of the writings of General Olusegun Obasanjo to any military
officer who is a Head of State or President in Nigeria as unpatriotic. Even the
ones he wrote to former Presidents Goodluck Jonathan and the late Umar Musa
Yar’Adua were not patriotic. They were guided by selfish interest.
“General Obasanjo did it during
Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida’s era. He did it during the late General Sani
Abacha’s regime, which later resulted to accusations that he was trying to
overthrow the government, which eventually led to his imprisonment.
“General Olusegun Obasanjo also
wrote a number of letters during General Abdulsalami Abubakar’s regime; and he
is still writing letters in this current presidency of General Muhammadu
Buhari. So, this attitude of writing unpatriotic letters has been part of
General Olusegun Obasanjo.”
Yakasai said there was nothing
new raised in Obasanjo’s July 15 letter other than the call for a national
conference.
He advised Buahri to revisit the
recommendations of the 2014 national conference rather than calling for a fresh
one.
“I am puzzled to read from that
letter that General Olusegun Obasanjo is requesting or asking for the
convocation of another National Conference at this critical moment in our
national history,” he said.
“A National Conference, even if
it is convened at this point in time cannot begin in peace and end in peace.”
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