Iyabo’s
11-page letter to her father,Gen. Obasanjo
“It
brings me no joy to have to write this but since you started this trend of open
letters I thought I would follow suit since you don’t listen to anyone anyway.
The only way to reach you may be to make the public aware of some things. As a
child well brought up by my long-suffering mother in Yoruba tradition, I have
been reluctant to tell the truth about you but as it seems you still continue
to delude yourself about the kind of person you are and I think for posterity’s
sake it is time to set the records straight.
“I will
return to the issue of my long-suffering mother later in this letter.
“Like
most Nigerians, I believe there are very enormous issues currently plaguing the
country but I was surely surprised that you will be the one to publish such a
treatise. I remember clearly as if it was yesterday the day I came over to
Abuja from Abeokuta when I was Commissioner of Health in Ogun State, specifically
to ask you not to continue to pursue the third term issue.
