The
All Progressives Congress (APC) said the comment credited to
information minister Labaran Maku that the federal government was
spending significantly on security in three of its controlled states was
a categorical declaration of the office of the president vacant by the
minister.
According to APC, by that statement Maku has proved
that President Goodluck Jonathan is only the leader of the PDP and not
actually a President of and Commander-in-Chief of Nigeria.
In a
statement issued on Friday in Lagos by its national publicity, Alhaji
Lai Mohammed, the APC described Maku’s comment as “a tragic and
insensitive statement from an honourable minister of the Federal
Republic about innocent children, some of whom are minors with neither
political leaning”.
“The campaign to rescue the abducted girls has
now been clearly polarized and politicized by the federal government. So
sad, so unfortunate, so callous, so mean, so irresponsible, so brazen,
so not parental, so not governmental,” APC declares.
It would be
recalled that at the weekly Federal Executive Council briefing on
Wednesday, the minister had drawn attention to the entire money federal
government had been spending to maintain security in three states that
are controlled by the APC.
The leading opposition party regretted
that this was coming from government at a time that foreign nationals
who are not members of APC are spending time and resources campaigning
for the rescue of these girls”.
It cited the U.S. and UK where
it said Republicans, Democrats as well as Liberal Democrats,
Conservatives and Labour were “united in campaigning for the rescue of
our daughters”.
APC said at this juncture, it is clear that PDP leadership is a disaster in Nigeria.
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