Your Strategy, Not Working, APC Tells FG
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has strongly condemned the recent
deadly terrorist attacks in Abuja and Bauchi that killed at least 37
people and injured many more, calling the Boko Haram group suspected to be
behind the attacks despicable and inhuman in its misguided terror
campaign.
people and injured many more, calling the Boko Haram group suspected to be
behind the attacks despicable and inhuman in its misguided terror
campaign.
The Party said strategy adopted by the Federal Government has failed to
yield the necessary results to stop the activities of the Boko Haram Sect.
yield the necessary results to stop the activities of the Boko Haram Sect.
In a statement issued in Lagos on Sunday by its National Publicity
Secretary, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, the party repeated its earlier statement
that nothing can justify the spilling of the blood of innocent citizens,
while commiserating with the families of the victims.
Secretary, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, the party repeated its earlier statement
that nothing can justify the spilling of the blood of innocent citizens,
while commiserating with the families of the victims.
It called on the Federal Government to review its strategy for the fight
against terrorism, saying whatever is being done now is definitely not
working, hence the deadly terrorist attacks have almost become a daily
affair.
against terrorism, saying whatever is being done now is definitely not
working, hence the deadly terrorist attacks have almost become a daily
affair.
”Whatever strategy being used by this Federal Government is not yielding
enough positive results. Otherwise, these terrorists would not have gone
from carrying out their attacks on the outskirts of a city like Abuja, for
example, to exploding a bomb right in the heart of the city as was
witnessed in Wuse 2 last week,” APC said.
enough positive results. Otherwise, these terrorists would not have gone
from carrying out their attacks on the outskirts of a city like Abuja, for
example, to exploding a bomb right in the heart of the city as was
witnessed in Wuse 2 last week,” APC said.
The party wondered in particular why Abuja has remained so vulnerable to
such attacks, considering the millions of Naira reportedly spent on the
CCTV project that was supposed to help secure the city, asking: ”Or has
this project again become a victim of the runaway corruption and
incompetence for which this administration is renowned?”
such attacks, considering the millions of Naira reportedly spent on the
CCTV project that was supposed to help secure the city, asking: ”Or has
this project again become a victim of the runaway corruption and
incompetence for which this administration is renowned?”
The party said instead of reaching out across partisan lines as the
opposition has suggested several times, the Federal Government has
resorted to chasing shadows while the killing of innocent citizens
intensifies
opposition has suggested several times, the Federal Government has
resorted to chasing shadows while the killing of innocent citizens
intensifies
”The scorecard of this Federal Government in the fight against terror is
very dismal. Some 76 days after over 200 girls were abducted from Chibok,
the girls are not any nearer home today than they were on the day they
were abducted, and all the clueless and ineffective Administration of
President Jonathan can do is to engage in image laundering that has caused
the taxpayers US$1.2 million; witch-hunt the media as well as those
perceived to be opponents of the Administration and engage in a continuous
and unprecedented abuse of national institutions.
very dismal. Some 76 days after over 200 girls were abducted from Chibok,
the girls are not any nearer home today than they were on the day they
were abducted, and all the clueless and ineffective Administration of
President Jonathan can do is to engage in image laundering that has caused
the taxpayers US$1.2 million; witch-hunt the media as well as those
perceived to be opponents of the Administration and engage in a continuous
and unprecedented abuse of national institutions.
”This Administration could have pumped the US$1.2 million it frittered
away in the name of image laundering in the US into the fight against
terror, which seems to have waned. Unfortunately, as the President kicked
started his wasteful image laundering with an op-ed in The Washington
Post, he was being skewered in another US newspaper, The New York Post.
away in the name of image laundering in the US into the fight against
terror, which seems to have waned. Unfortunately, as the President kicked
started his wasteful image laundering with an op-ed in The Washington
Post, he was being skewered in another US newspaper, The New York Post.
”The paper’s (New York Post) Editorial Board wrote of the President’s
newspaper diplomacy: ‘Remember, this is the same leader whose military
initially claimed it had freed the girls, whose wife’s anger was directed
at Nigerians protesting the government’s inaction rather than the
kidnappers and who presides over Africa’s largest economy and
fourth-largest armed forces’.
newspaper diplomacy: ‘Remember, this is the same leader whose military
initially claimed it had freed the girls, whose wife’s anger was directed
at Nigerians protesting the government’s inaction rather than the
kidnappers and who presides over Africa’s largest economy and
fourth-largest armed forces’.
”There is no better demonstration of the fact that the Administration has
wasted public funds on a misbegotten image laundering than this,” it said.
wasted public funds on a misbegotten image laundering than this,” it said.
APC also described the treatment meted out to pilgrims travelling to Saudi
Arabia for lesser Hajj from the Maiduguri airport as another in a series
of shadow-chasing by the government, which will rather misuse national
institutions to flex muscles against innocent citizens than tackle the
terrorists headlong.
Arabia for lesser Hajj from the Maiduguri airport as another in a series
of shadow-chasing by the government, which will rather misuse national
institutions to flex muscles against innocent citizens than tackle the
terrorists headlong.
The party said forcing the pilgrims to travel by road from Maiduguri to
Kano to be airlifted is callous and poorly-thought-out, considering the
dangers they are likely to face on the road.
Kano to be airlifted is callous and poorly-thought-out, considering the
dangers they are likely to face on the road.
”The argument that the airlifting from Maiduguri was stopped at the last
minute because of security is hogwash. Is that also the same reason that a
private plane that flew into the same airport with eight people on board
was forced to fly back empty after those who wanted to travel in it were
prevented from doing so? Is it the same security reason that forced the
closure of Akure airport even as planes that ferried APC leaders to the
airport were on the tarmac? Is it also why newspapers were targeted across
the nation?
minute because of security is hogwash. Is that also the same reason that a
private plane that flew into the same airport with eight people on board
was forced to fly back empty after those who wanted to travel in it were
prevented from doing so? Is it the same security reason that forced the
closure of Akure airport even as planes that ferried APC leaders to the
airport were on the tarmac? Is it also why newspapers were targeted across
the nation?
”The truth is that the Jonathan Administration is playing dirty politics
with the fight against terror, using national institutions to abridge
constitutionally-guaranteed rights,” it said.
APC advised the Federal Government to stop wasting public funds on image
laundering because no good advert can sell a bad product.
with the fight against terror, using national institutions to abridge
constitutionally-guaranteed rights,” it said.
APC advised the Federal Government to stop wasting public funds on image
laundering because no good advert can sell a bad product.
”This government should realize that its raison d’etre is the security and
welfare of Nigerians, and that it has failed woefully in this regard.
Therefore, it should be humble enough to admit its limitations and then
reach out to all stakeholders, including those in the opposition, to rejig
its anti-terror strategy and save our innocent citizens from the killings
and maiming by Boko Haram,” the party said.
welfare of Nigerians, and that it has failed woefully in this regard.
Therefore, it should be humble enough to admit its limitations and then
reach out to all stakeholders, including those in the opposition, to rejig
its anti-terror strategy and save our innocent citizens from the killings
and maiming by Boko Haram,” the party said.
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