The All Progressives Congress (APC) has said it is stupefied by the comments credited to PDP National Women Leader Kema Chikwe in which she expressed doubts about the abduction of over 200 school girls from Chibok in Borno State, saying by the comments, Mrs Chikwe has simply crossed the line and plumbed the depths of absurdity and insensitivity.
In a statement issued in Lagos on Thursday by its Interim National Publicity Secretary, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, the party expressed concern that such an incautious and insensitive statement could be made by a woman, a mother, a grandmother and a top official of the ruling PDP over an issue that is undoubtedly the worst tragedy and biggest embarrassment to Nigeria.
It said the comments raise even more concern because of the position in the ruling party of Mrs. Chikwe, wondering if her irresponsible statement represented the closet opinion of the ruling party or the unstated stand of the presidency – in which case it will explain the FG’s dawdling approach to the rescue of the girls.
”It has been said that politics should not be brought into issues of national security. But how can anyone keep quiet in the face of this glaring assault on the sensitivity of a whole nation by a supposed leader of the ruling party? Who indeed is attempting to politicize a national tragedy, undoubtedly the worst in the history of our nation, if not the PDP?
”Does this explain why the President and Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces has not deemed it fit to make a national broadcast to assure a dumbstruck nation that he is indeed in charge, to give hope to the shell-shocked parents of the girls and to inspire the military, three weeks after this unprecedented national tragedy? Is this why the President and Commander-in-Chief has yet to visit Chibok?
”If security concerns are responsible for the President’s failure to visit Chibok, how is it possible for Gov. Kashim Shema of Borno to have visited the school, even in defiance of intelligent reports? If the military cannot make Chibok safe for its Commander-in-Chief to visit, who in that town is safe? We submit that no part of this country should be out of bounds to the President and Commander-in-Chief.
No where in which our military men and women are deployed should be out of bounds to our President and Commander-in-Chief,” APC said.
The party said it is outrageous and unconscionable that anyone, least of all a woman, mother, grandmother and a top ranking ruling party official would attempt to trivialize the pains of losing one’s daughters to unstable, primitive and blood-thirsty hoodlums, even when photographic and other evidences abound of the efforts being made by the parents to personally rescue their children.
It wondered whether the hapless parents who have, despite the risks to their own lives, taken to the Sambisa Forest in search of their children could have gone there on a picnic, if anyone would still be raising doubts that their children were indeed abducted.
”A fringe group first mooted this idea of the abduction not being real and was ignored. But now that it has been raised to the level of a party’s stand, it is time for all Nigerians to speak out and condemn this absurdity.
Is Chikwe saying that the military that has been working round the clock to rescue the girls is only play acting? Is she also saying that the President who called an expanded National Security Council meeting on the issue is only horsing around? Enough of this absurdity.
”We urged our patriotic soldiers and indeed all concerned to ensure that these innocent girls are returned home safely to their parents.
We commend all the groups that have staged public protests to force the authorities to act faster on this issue for their efforts. We say all hands must be on deck to end this national nightmare as soon as possible,” APC said. Click to signup for FREE news updates, latest information and hottest gists everyday
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Before you make any submission on her statement concerning the abducted school girls, please count the number of women political-appointee in GEJ administration, how many are married and still living with their husbands, how many are not married and how many are divorced. then you will be able to rate their sense of responsibility and sensitivity to human feelings. Than you1
ReplyDeleteBut it is not stated clearly in this report what the madam said exactly. So it is a poor report because I cannot believe that the woman Said nobody was abducted or it is just a story play.
ReplyDeleteYou are not just ignorant but also demented. You criticise someone else's English while yours is equally horrendous. If you have no meaning contribution to make, please do the world a favour and just keep quiet.
DeleteYou are not just ignorant but also demented. You criticise someone else's English while yours is equally horrendous. If you have no meaning contribution to make, please do the world a favour and just keep quiet.
DeleteWOMEN LIKE KEMA SUPPOSE TO BE SELLING ESEWU WITH PEPPER SOUP IN AN OFF LICENCE JOINT. MISERABLE WHORE LIKE HER. SHE'S EVEN COMMENTING WHEN RESPONSIBLE NIGERIANS TALKING OVER NATIONAL ISSUES.
ReplyDeleteThe scene of the abducted girl as for me it might be a propaganda let look from this angl how is possible for student studing physic in a school to be above200 student who canot even speak english while she was been interviwe by CNN ,a school where the principal was only prersent in the at d time of abduction,what were the student doing in d school where there was state of emergency in the state while d other schools in the area have emerged their satudent with schools free to insurgent attack,
ReplyDeleteWHAT A BLOCKED HEAD. HE IS NOT EVEN COMMUNICATING.
DeleteYou are not just ignorant but also demented. You criticise someone else's English while yours is equally horrendous. If you have no meaningful contribution to make, please do the world a favour and just keep quiet.
DeleteMy thoughts exactly. Can this idiot even speak english? Some people have just been totally dehumanised in Nigeria, that they have no human feelings anymore. May be when it starts happening in our houses, we will begin to act!
DeleteMy thoughts exactly. Can this idiot even speak english? Some people have just been totally dehumanised in Nigeria, that they have no human feelings anymore. May be when it starts happening in our houses, we will begin to act!
DeleteThank you Khalid! Those are my exact thoughts.smh!
ReplyDeleteIf Kema actually said anything like that, I don't think any attention should be paid to her. It's only an extension of what we've been getting from our 'rulers'.
Pls, as we hope, let's keep praying that all ends well.
Pls, help sign my petition on this link:
http://www.thepetitionsite.com/479/717/935/please-help-in-the rescue-of-234-school-girls-abducted-by-boko-haram/#next_action
kahlid, y should u call her a whore? have u ever seen her? this s hatred comment kahlid.
ReplyDelete@Khalid, whatever comments she made does not make her a whore. Not nice at all.
ReplyDelete@ Khalid, what if calls your MUM that for whatever reason, that is, good or bad? You lack Human/Public morals and conduct.
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