The All Progressives Congress on Tuesday accused the Federal Government of being insincere in its war against the terrorist Islamic sect, Boko Haram.
This was contained in the communiqué read on behalf of the party, by its interim National Publicity Secretary, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, after a four-hour meeting at the party's National Headquarters, in Abuja.
Mohammed said the APC was disappointed that the Federal Government had yet to reach out to it in spite of a subsisting offer of assistance and an appeal to the Goodluck Jonathan-led administration to convene a national security summit.
The party said, "We make bold to say that the Federal Government has been very insincere in its persistent call for national unity to combat the despicable Boko Haram sect.
"This has been manifest, perhaps more than at any other time, since the tragic abduction of over 200 schoolgirls in Chibok over a month ago.
"Up till this moment, the Federal Government has yet to reach out to the APC, the main opposition party, on how to forge a common front against this despicable terror group, despite our incessant efforts to reach out to the government.
"Nigerians will recall our various interventions in which we stated clearly that only a non-partisan approach could help extricate Nigeria from the death grip of Boko Haram; how we have consistently called on the government to organise a national stakeholders' summit to put all efforts together and how we have made a number of recommendations which we feel can help pep up the fight against the terror group.
"The only response we have received so far is that in which the government said it had implemented or it is implementing those recommendations anyway, in what clearly amounts to an unnecessary hubris and a cold shoulder." Click to signup for FREE news updates, latest information and hottest gists everyday
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This is not how to be an opposition. This is VIRAL ANTAGONISM and clear political drunkunness. APC is a group of blood thisty vampires.
ReplyDeleteStop this rubbish blackmailing and face the reality.
ReplyDeleteThe reality is that Badluck Jonathan and his cohorts don't want the insurgency to end. They are busy counting and projecting their gains ahead 2015.
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