Obasanjo’s letter to Jonathan borne out of mischief – Dan Ofongo

Hon. Daniel Ofongo represents Southern Ijaw federal constituency of Bayelsa State in the House of Representatives. In this interview, he posits that the recent Letter from Former President Olusegun Obasanjo to incumbent President Goodluck Jonathan was borne out of mischief to stop the president in 2015. Excerpts:
An Avalanche of reactions has continued to trail former President Olusegun Obasanjo’s letter to the incumbent President Goodluck Jonathan. What’s your take on that?
For me, Obasanjo’s letter to Mr. President, if it is not borne out of mischief or if there is no hidden agenda in it, there is nothing wrong in a former President writing a letter to the present President. What I want to say looking at the heading of the letter “Before it is too late”, that statement itself is pregnant. “Before it is too late”, on what?
Or about what? Then if you look at the content of the letter, like I said, if it is with good intentions, there is no
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problem. But he wrote the letter as if he was advising him but later on went ahead to make statements that are very, very inciting. For instance, the issue of training snipers and putting 1000 political opponents on political check list to be killed or whatever he means.
That alone is very, very incisive because for somebody who does not know; they said, political opponents. So, does it mean that as a sitting President, you will not have opposition? No. There is no politician who does not have opposition. But every one believes that the only way an opposition can come over or the only way you as a sitting president or whatever office you are holding as a sitting public officer is through the ballots. It is either you win the person through elections or the person wins you during election.
But coming out to say that people are being penciled-1000 political opponents, I think that statement in itself is not correct. I want to quote what he said. He said “allegation of keeping over 1000 people in political

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