With echoes of the open letter to former president, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo from his daughter, Iyabo, reverberating nationwide, the daughter yesterday gave reasons she gave up on her father ever changing.
Senator Iyabo Obasanjo spoke against the background of mixed reactions from Yoruba elders and politicians on the import of the letter which she said was the last communication with her father.
The former president himself was furious when approached by Vanguard, yesterday, as he hurled invectives at the newspaper. The exchange between Vanguard and the former president ran thus:
Vanguard: Sir, we tried reaching you all through yesterday, to no avail, over the letter written by your daughter, Iyabo, to you.
Chief Obasanjo: You are a bloody idiot, you have published the paper and you are now looking for me, you are an idiot, don’t call me again. When Iyabo finishes you in court…. (hangs up).
Senator Obasanjo nevertheless flayed the orchestrated attempt in the social media by a network of associates of her father to separate her from the letter.
Aremo Olusegun Osoba, former governor of Ogun State, who was cited in the letter, confirmed the meeting between him and Iyabo in Massachusetts, United States but distanced himself from the plot allegedly cited by her father to empower her with the ticket of the All Progressives Congress, APC for the next round of elections.
Besides, Aremo Osoba, several prominent Yoruba elders spoke on the development among whom were Afenifere leader, Chief Rueben Fasoranti, Afenifere bigwig, Chief Ayo Adebanjo, Dr. Frederick Fasehun, Chief Ebenezer Babatope and Hon. Femi Kehinde, a former member of the House of Representatives.
Senator Iyabo Obasanjo had written an open letter to her father accusing him of being a liar, manipulator, wife-basher and hypocrite who was desperate for a third term despite his denials to the contrary.
Source: Vanguard
Iyawo’s child will definitely do to her what she has done to her father it is as simple as the law of karma! She had bitten the finger that fed her & she will sooner than later regret it! It is better to keep silent while angry than to talk because you will definitely regret whatever your anger might have caused you to say & so you would start regretting after all. I think this is what has happened to madam iyabo.
Dear Ademola, Which is better, remain silent and cause people to perish or say and save souls. Law of Karma does not apply in the matter because the truth must be said. It is only a fool that remain silent when bad things are happening and let people and the country suffer for the sake of one person.
One has to be bold. It is only your good friend that will tell you that your mouth is smelling.
I support Iyabo.
I do not think you know what you are saying. Do you really know Iyabo? Who she is and what she is? Did you really read the letter? If you are a father, watch out then
Must it be in public? or can you do that to your father?
True. you must be an idiot to have published the letter and thereafter seeking to interview obj. Is this not putting the cart before the horse? Where lies the proffessional ethics of balanced reporting in journalism?
Iyawo has been a true daughter of the soil.We want more of these.Enough of men who do not have any love for their siblings.Tell me how men like these will love their nation.Charity begins at home,selfishness has been the reason for the bane of Nigeria’s developmental process.We also heard that Obasanjo had a case to answer at the court where one of his sons had taken him to court for sleeping with his wife.Look at the kind of leaders that my beloved country is still having.What makes a true soldier?One that can command his troupe and also control his home.BIG SHAME TO BABA SHEGE!
Dis obidient Iyabo and her Shameless Selfish dad
Whoever sales his/her relative cheaply; cannot buy such a relative back even with an inflated price! There4,one must always thinks beyond his/her standing point.And let it get on your head dat any stone u have thrown; it cannot be called back!!
The former president olusegun obasanjo letter to jonathan tittled “before it is too late” has become denoted bomb in our society today.being OBJ’S action on the open letter positive or negative as many viewer perseverance it.but i want to refresh our memory with an yoruba adage words TI APA PERI AJA,APERI IKOKO TI AFISE.we all knwn that OBJ was the masterplaner on how GEJ destiny was actualised with the will of God.so, what OBJ did was to clear his from being tag a bad name from this GEJ poor administration and other factors.if you have a son stealing,wil be dealing with it has ja family matter and if it want to got out of hand then u wil make it public for people to knw.in this journey someone called IYABO wrote acuse her father and cal him a liar.definately she was intoxicated with selfishnes and allow to be used.who is she, who knw her if nt for her father.she did nt only bit the finger that feeds her but also shows that she is nt a responsible daughter.she should have end the relationship before nw. KOSI ANJE ATARE NINU ORO YI, ODI DANDAN ki osun ekun asun danke ni ojo ola.she is a bastard child.
The truth will come out one day
Whatever Iyabo has written or said to the Father , she “iyabo” has benefited from the wrong deal Baba obasanjo had done.is it not from the dael she got apportment as commisional of health was she the most qualifed then? she went to sanate and addressed her sanator now what happened to election that took her to Abuja is it not baba hand work? Now you are now condmmen your father. Omo a se irue fun o .
Obj should be arrested for violeting human right. Bullying his wife & children is a source of worrisom to women and children.
Obasa njo wrote Jonathan a letter, ignorant ones applauded. Iyabo, using the same tone, wrote Obasanjo, putting him where he belongs. Ignorant ones cry blue murder. So it is Jonathan that letters must be written to and not Obasanjo? What is sauce for the goose must be sauce for the gander. Obasanjo does not own Nigeria. He must not see himself as the almighty emperor. He must gain respect by behaving well both in public and in private, and not by bullying everyone around. He has been a bully for too long.
I think the concept of the open letter has been misunderstood by many Nigerians, has Iyabor said anything untrue about her father?, if so he should defend that. ‘Some dirty linen need to be washed outside’, has any one read her mood? Then you’ll knw the pains experienced having an uncaring, wife beater, chamelion and self centred man as a father. The truth of it is that we make Nigeria fertile for curruptiom to thrive. She’s done the right thing and Posterity holds it for her.
With all due respect..I wish to beg u all to be easy on this matter, we r in a global era. May we not wash our dirty linent outside pls. God bless u all
OBJ is a massive fool! Thumbs up Iyabo….. We need honest and transparent leaders not zombies.
Obasonjo is evil nd wicked witin nd outside..very selfish nd hrtles. A man who slept wit his son’s dauther, a man who introducis stealin nd lootin in Nigeria, he dersvs no respect…Iyabo is right to rmind him of who his is