Obasanjo’s Book Out, Declares President Jonathan Incapable Of Governing Well

An attempt by Buruji Kashamu, a close
associate of President Goodluck Jonathan, to
stop the publication of a three-volume book by
former President Obasanjo, appears to have
failed as SaharaReporters can confirm that
the book has gone into circulation. A source
close to Mr. Obasanjo confirmed to
SaharaReporters late last night that copies of
the former president’s exhaustive
autobiography were already available to
buyers in print form.

The
source that the book would soon be available in an
electronic version that is beyond the jurisdiction of
Nigerian courts.

SaharaReporters has already obtained and read
sections of the book scheduled for formal launch in
Nigeria in a few days.
The book, whose three volumes chronicle the life of
the controversial former president from birth till this
year, aroused political interest after
SaharaReporters exclusively reported that Mr.
Obasanjo devotes significant pages to paint an
unflattering portrait of President Jonathan. We
reported that the book characterizes Mr. Jonathan
as selfish, weak-willed, callous and incapable of
rising to the challenges of running a complex
country like Nigeria. Mr. Obasanjo also accuses the
president of surrounding himself with aides and
political associates with corrupt tendencies.
Mr. Obasanjo’s book dedicates several parts in the
book to point out some of Mr. Jonathan’s actions
and inactions he considers ill-advised or disastrous
for Nigeria. He depicts Mr. Jonathan as a man
who has not only destroyed the Peoples
Democratic Party but also led Nigeria in dire
straights.
The book focuses on several instances of policy
somersaults by Mr. Jonathan as well as deliberate
actions by the incumbent president that have
imperiled Nigeria’s progress in the opinion of Mr.
Jonathan.
An Abuja-based lawyer and critic of Mr.
Obasanjo accused the former president of seeking to
use the book to earn cheap popularity, adding that
Mr. Obasanjo cannot get away from responsibility
for “sponsoring President Jonathan’s rise to
political prominence and the Presidency.”
“We have been saying it from day one that
President Goodluck Jonathan does not have the
qualities to become a true leader, but we cannot
forget that Chief Obasanjo singlehandedly put him
and the late President Umaru Yar’Adua in office,”
the lawyer said.
Mr. Obasanjo’s book also castigates former
President Umaru Yar’Adua, former Vice
President Abubakar Atiku, and former Governor
James Ibori of Delta State, Bukola Saraki,
among other political foes.
In the book, the former president also makes an
incredible claim that he was never interested in
pursuing a third term while in office.
“That is a clear lie,” said Mr. Obasanjo’s critic.
“To even deny what is so obvious to every
Nigerian shows that Chief Obasanjo has little
regard for the truth.”

Source:Saharateporters