Opposition political parties and the
Presidency on Wednesday engaged in a fresh war of words over the
political crisis in Rivers State.
The latest twist to the tale was the
stoning of the convoy of four northern state governors, who paid a visit
to their Rivers State counterpart, Mr. Rotimi Amaechi, on Tuesday.
The Action Congress of Nigeria and the
Congress for Progressive Change both hold President Goodluck Jonathan
liable for the incident.
Special Adviser to the President on
Political Matters, Dr. Ahmed Gulak, however, dismissed such claims
arguing that the governors in question knew the volatile situation in
the state but yet chose to visit.
In a statement by its National Publicity
Secretary, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, the ACN asked Nigerians to hold
Jonathan responsible if the country slides into anarchy as a result of
the worsening crisis in Rivers state.
The party said the attack, which was unprecedented in Nigeria, took place under President Jonathan’s watch.
It said, “We will not accept the usual sophistry that President Jonathan is not in any way involved in the Rivers crisis.
“It is also not an excuse to argue that
the President did not know that the visiting Governors will be attacked,
because as the country’s Chief Security Officer, he has his ears and
eyes all over the country in the persons of security agents.
“Therefore, if the argument is that he did not know of the attack, then he is not on top of his game.”
The statement further stated, “ACN
wondered when it became a sin for any Nigerian, including elected
officials, to visit any part of the country as the Governors did.
“There can be no justification other
than organised political rascality for a group of paid hoodlums to
invade a secure environment like the airport and pelt the convoy bearing
the governors with all sorts of objects.”
National Publicity Secretary of the CPC,
Rotimi Fashakin, said the President could not extricate himself from
what was happening in the state.
He said, “Jonathan as President is
totally out of control. The greatest tragedy of the Nigerian nation is
that we have a President who still has a long list of lessons to learn
in leadership.
“This President is telling the whole
nation that he is not involved when in actual fact every finger is
pointing towards his direction.”
Gulak said while the attack was
condemnable, it was a fact that the state was tense and the people were
angry with their governor.
He said, “There was no political wisdom
when the state was under tension like that for Amaechi to invite some
governors, who believably are his supporters, to go to that state and
the people of the state are angry with the governor.”
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WHO TOLD YOU THAT?. WE LOVE OUR DEAR GOVERNOR. HE HAS TOUCHED SO MANY LIVES.HE IS A GOOD MAN.ARE YOU SO BLIND THAT YOU CAN NOT SEE THE TRASFORMATION IN RIVERS STATE?. HOW CAN YOU SAY THE PEOPLE OF RIVERS STATE ARE ANGRY WITH THEIR GOD GIVEN GOVERNOR,HEAR ME AND HEAR ME WELL,I ALSO BELIEVE AM SPEAKING THE MINDS OF ALL WELL MEANIG RIVERS PEOPLE.WE LOVE AMACHI AND WE ARE HAPPY WITH HIM. LET ME TELL YOU, ALL OF YOU AGAINST AMACHI WILL NEVER SUCCEED AS LONG AS JESUS IS ALIVE.
ReplyDeleteWho sent the so call demi-gods from the north to Rivers state? Has the so call northern governors/leaders visit Benue state where fulani's have being killing tiv's for over three years? Has this busy bodies solve the problem of Boko Haram, Kilings in southern Kaduna, Zamfara etc?
ReplyDeleteAs far as we are concern, those so call Ameachi visitors might have sponsor the attack on them so as to give presidency a bad name. Or better still cury sympathy from the unsuspecting Nigerian public. This are second term governors that are desparate to hang on to power after 2015.
See! I don't really know what wrong with some our potiticians, must the so called Northern Governors Visit Gov Amaechi by this time? infact they suppose to shoot them and no stonning them, atimes our attitutes can make someone to say what he/she don't want to say, let them go to hell with they visitaton, how many times have they visit Borno state? bond of fools called Governors.
ReplyDeleteNa the hand work of all this oposition party be that
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