Messy: President Jonathan Replies Obasanjo

President Goodluck Jonathan has described former President Olusegun Obasanjo’s latest attack on him as the consequence of his failure to surrender his administration to the former leader to control.

Responding to Jonathan's tirades last week, Jonathan said Obasanjo was so bent on controlling his protégées that he would not mind installing the devil into Aso Rock so long as he can control him.

Meanwhile, it was learned at the weekend that the Presidency and the PDP have decided to pull back from their earlier plans to sanction Obasanjo over his perceived open romance with the APC.

Addressing journalists in Abuja, Director, Media and Publicity of Jonathan campaign, Femi Fani- Kayode stressed that soon after Jonathan won the 2011 elections, Obasanjo tried everything possible to control and teleguide him, adding that he asked the President to do a number of things that were simply wrong and unacceptable to a government with plans for the people.

Fani-Kayode was joining Obasanjo to attack Jonathan before he got his latest job from the Presidency.

He claimed that: “After Jonathan came to power, Obasanjo not only tried to control and teleguide him, but he also asked him to do a number of things that were simply wrong and unacceptable. It is for President Goodluck Jonathan himself to divulge those things and I am sure that he will do so at the appropriate time.

“Needless to say President Jonathan refused to be teleguided and told what to do though at all times he showed Obasanjo maximum respect and accorded him all the privileges, access and courtesies that are due to a former Head of State and a father and mentor. This continued to be the case even after Obasanjo consistently attempted to undermine his government and ridicule his efforts.

“Yet President Obasanjo could not be appeased and was not satisfied. As far as he was concerned, he must either control Jonathan or Jonathan had to go. That is why he decided to secretly support the APC and became their ‘navigator in chief’. He was determined to pull the whole house down rather than allow Jonathan to return to power. This is simply because he believes that if he cannot control someone, that person must be destroyed. Control and domination is an obsession for Obasanjo. That is the bottom line. He is prepared to put even the devil in power provided he can control him,” Fani-Kayode claimed.