Most Nigerians are very poor students of their own recent history. Any objective thinking Nigerian that knows the key roles that were played by Olusegun Obasanjo's involvement in the governance of Nigeria can publicly testify to the fact that Olusegun Obasanjo does not believe for one second in the power of the pen as an effective change agent in the society, but in the deadly or the destructive might of the power-madness which he had used successfully as the military dictator of Nigeria from 1976 to 1979 and as a democratically elected President of Nigeria from 1999 to 2007 respectively.
Furthermore, Olusegun Obasanjo does not believe in the principles of democracy, free, fair and transparent elections where the will of the majority is honored and respected. Olusegun Obasanjo was a perfect master of electoral frauds, the forceful selection and the imposition of his own favorite candidates on his own political party and his nation (Nigeria). For Olusegun Obasanjo to decide personally to put his pen to paper by writing a letter to President Jonathan Goodluck is a clear-cut sign of Olusegun Obasanjo's highest level of political weakness, hopelessness, helplessness and failure.
Today in Nigeria, the whole political structure of the remaining PDP after the exit of the G-5 PDP governors into the opposition APC is now firmly in the hands of Jonathan Goodluck and Bamanga Tukur. This political development has reduced Olusegun Obasanjo into a political nonentity in the PDP instead of the anointed kingmaker of the PDP. The APC that the G-5 PDP former governors decided to move into is also a politically no-go-area for Olusegun Obasanjo due to the presence of Bisi Akande, Bola Tinubu and Muhammadu Buhari. For now, the act of letter writing remains the only viable political option for Olusegun Obasanjo, in order for him to be politically relevant in the Nigerian politics and in the 2015 elections.
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