Jonathan, Obasanjo in kenya breakfast meeting •Atiku, Jubril Aminu, Sagay, Kashamu, others react to letter

BARELY 24 hours after the media release of a pungent letter to President Goodluck Jonathan, former president, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, joined Jonathan for breakfast in Nairobi, Kenya, on Thursday.

Jonathan was in the country as guest of President Uhuru Kenyatta, where he joined other African leaders at the 50th Independence anniversary celebration of the East African country.

Obasanjo’s visit to Jonathan in his Intercontinental Hotel, Nairobi, where they had a private breakfast together, came as a surprise, as his letter, first published in the media on Wednesday, had elicited response from the presidency.

Obasanjo left Jonathan after the breakfast, but it was not clear whether they discussed the letter or the issues contained therein.

In the letter, which was first published on Premium Times, an online medium, on Wednesday, Obasanjo had raised numerous allegation against the president, who he accused of working towards another term in office, even when he had undertaken to run for one term.

But in the presidency’s reaction on Wednesday, the Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Dr Reuben Abati, blasted the former president, saying the letter was in bad faith.

At the Nairobi event, which took place at the Safaricom Stadium in Kasarani, it was observed that Obasanjo sat quietly, making calls on his mobile hand set at interval while the event lasted.

Speaking at the event, Jonathan called on all Kenyans to unite, noting that there was no alternative to unity if Kenyans must move their nation forward.

He said in building their nation, Kenyans must make unity their focal point, as he noted that the destiny of the country laid with its people who must strive hard to take it to a greater height.

Expressing happiness that Rhaila Odinga, who contested the presidential election with Kenyatta, was present at the event, Jonathan said “nobody can love you more than the Kenyans, so you all have to jointly develop your country. All Kenyans should come together to form an inclusive society.”