Nigeria's Jonathan told not to stand in 2015 by mentor Obasanjo


  • World
  • Thursday, 12 Dec 2013

A portrait of Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan hangs on a wall in Lagos March 9, 2011. REUTERS/Joseph Penney

ABUJA (Reuters) - Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan has been told it would be "morally flawed" for him to run for re-election in 2015, in a scathing letter from his mentor and former head of state Olusegun Obasanjo.

Obasanjo lays down a damning appraisal of Jonathan's leadership, chiding him on his performance on everything from corruption and insecurity to the economy, in the 18-page letter entitled 'before it is too late', seen by Reuters on Thursday.

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