The All Progressives Congress (APC) has described as a compound embarrassment the fact that it took 17-year-old girl-child education campaigner, Pakistani Malala Yousafzai, to visit and convince President Goodluck Jonathan to agree to a meeting with representatives of the parents of the kidnapped school girls.
”President Jonathan, who has already embarrassed himself and the entire people of Nigeria by his inexplicable failure to visit Chibok since the girls were abducted over 90 days ago, has compounded the embarrassment and insulted Nigerians by waiting for Malala to goad him to meet with the girls’ parents, not in Chibok but in Abuja,” the party said in a statement in Lagos, Thursday, by its National Publicity Secretary, Alhaji Lai Mohammed.
It said after the meeting failed, because the parents were not properly informed and invited, a shameless presidency turned around to blame the opposition and the patriotic and selfless Nigerians who have been campaigning daily, under the #Bringbackourgirls group.
”Fortunately, and to the eternal discomfiture of the presidency, the Chibok community has said the decision not to meet with President Jonathan in Abuja was theirs and theirs alone, and that they took that decision because their sole reason for coming to Abuja was to meet with Malala, and not the President who did not invite them anyway.
”With this explanation, one would have expected a presidency that has regard for the truth to immediately retract its earlier panic statement, which it issued to save face after what was nothing but a PR gimmick blew up in their face, and apologize to the opposition and the #Bringbackourgirls group that were unjustly pilloried by them.
”Instead, the presidency has persisted in its distortion of the truth, for which they have now become infamous, even as a new date has been agreed for the meeting. This is unfortunate, condemnable and irresponsible,” APC said. ”If indeed, as the presidency claimed earlier, that the opposition was behind the earlier refusal by the parents and escaped girls not to see the President, what has then happened to make them change their minds? Has the opposition now asked them to meet with the President?”
The party alerted Nigerians that the reason President Jonathan, whose wife bullied and harangued the girls’ parents on the grounds that they were lying and that no girl was missing, agreed to meet with the parents is so that he could use the meeting as a photo-op, after Malala pushed for it and the President’s US-based image laundering firm acceded to it.
”Mr. President, your frantic effort to meet with the Chibok parents now is too little too late, and no amount of photo-op will change that. If your handlers had been sincere, Mr. President, they would have told you that the best venue of the meeting is Chibok, not Abuja where your people tried, but failed, to waylay the parents who came for a meeting with Malala.
”Mr. President, you have ceaselessly compared yourself to the great leaders of our time, including US President Barack Obama. But do you think Obama would have refused to visit the parents of these abducted school girls if the abduction had occurred in the US? Do you think Obama, as Commander-in-Chief, would have refused to visit his troops in the front line of the anti-terror fight as you have done?
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| Malala pictured with families of the kidnapped school girls in Chibok, Nigeria |
”Do you think, Mr. President, that a band of rogue elements like Boko Haram would have restricted Obama’s movement within his own country as they have done to you? No true and caring President will ever fail to visit the sites of disasters and offer solace to his compatriots,” it said.
APC reminded President Jonathan that neither in Nigeria’s culture nor in any other culture are those hit by tragedy invited to be offered solace, adding that the practice is to visit those to be offered solace ‘in situ’.
The party reiterated its earlier call on the President to shake off his lethargy and bring the abducted school girls home safely, instead of playing politics with the lives of over 200 human beings.
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How will GEJ visit to chibok make boko haram to change their minds. Aguiyi Ironsi that died on such a visit did Nigeria take care of those he left behind. Danjuma shamelessly told GEJ to lead the way to sambisa so that he a General will follow and kill him as he killed Ironsi. If the parents realy are truthfull why not stop all these sentiments and cry before GEJ. That alone will make an Abacha or an Idi amin to soften. This is one single action that makes people think that no girl was kidnapped.
ReplyDeleteOoh,it‘s really a pity ur way of reasoning.
DeleteDon't mind him, his level of reasoning can only be compared with the one of cockroach or chicken.
DeleteMumu president,too slow,only what he understand is opposition and 2015
ReplyDeleteA Clueless President that only knows kitchen politics and spend all his energy to fight and induce corrupt law makers with money to impeach opposition governors. OGOGORO President.
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ReplyDeleteLet ur father become the president and see how he wl perform can u call ur father a clauless clauless he is rulling you foolish people abusing his president
ReplyDeleteDon't you see the man clueless?
DeleteThe dullest president so far in the history of Nigeria. Very unfortunate OBJ should be held responsible.
Call ur father to to lead GEJ to the forest
ReplyDeleteDo you reason at all. How can your president wait for 17 year old girl to tell him to meet representatives of those girls what a shame. By Mike
Deletewe are fine with his delay to meet the parents. we are still working on the authenticity of the people who claim they are the chibok girls parent before the meeting. relax and watch.
ReplyDeleteWhat is opposition party herself to ?abusing and cursing Nigeria president dis way,dis is very pismal disma on d part of APC,so many careless talk about d whole issue,who ll lead d road to Sambisa?can Obama do dat?why didnt u pipu asked Clinton or Bush to go an kill Osama?apc should stop all dese her nonsense insult on d personality of d president.infact APC will blame GEJA if dere wife divorce dem now sef.
ReplyDeleteRubbish !
DeleteIs Bokoharam Osama?
It is only a fool like you that compares Ozama with Bokoharam. Ozama was no where to be found while you can see Bokoharam with your cataract affected stupid eyes and your Commander In Chief is confused on what to do.
What are you saying beast?
FUCK ANY BODY SUPORTING GEJ AND THOSE THAT ARE SUPPORTING B.H 4 ABDUCTION GEJ IS A REAL HIGHDRO DREAMER 2.4 OGOGORO AND GANJA CURFEE. WHAT A PITY NIGERIANS
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