Jonathan's Government turned Iyabo against me - Obasanjo

Nigeria's former president, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo has accused the Jonathan-led government of turning his daughter, Iyabo Obasanjo, against. It will be recalled that Iyabo wrote an open letter to her father early this year, accusing the former president of hypocrisy following his criticism of the present administration led by Goodluck Jonathan.

In his recent publication titled My Watch, Obasanjo, claimed he received news that Jonathan's government was making attempts to induce two of his daughters to do their "dirty job" and unfortunately one of them, Iyabo, succumbed because of "her character" and "the influence of her mother".

"I got a warning that this administration was attempting to induce two of my daughters, including Iyabo, to do a dirty job. I warned them both against it, but because of her character, the influence of her mother and her attitude, Iyabo succumbed; the other daughter did not. I was warned about a former minister of finance, who wrote the reply for Jonathan, and about the writer of the letter to which E. K. Clark appended his signature. Iyabo's letter and the response to it has been treated as a family issue, so that all the members of the family can be equipped with the other side of the story from me for posterity.

"If Iyabo was childish and unwise enough to allow herself to be used, no other member of the family should allow himself or herself to be so used. Tolerance and acceptance of others must be practised in the face of any provocation, no matter how vile."