The All Progressives Congress, APC, has
pointedly accused the Peoples Democratic
Party, PDP, of sponsoring the attacks on
President Goodluck Jonathan in Katsina and
Bauchi as part of its devilish plan to
demonize the opposition and force a
postponement of next month’s general
elections.
In a statement issued in Lagos on Saturday
by its National Publicity Secretary, Lai
Mohammed, the party said the coordinated
hysterical reactions to the attacks by the
presidency, Senate President, David Mark,
and the leadership of the Ijaw nation have
exposed the sponsors of the attacks.
It said those who have gone into a frenzy in
condemning the attacks should direct their
anger at the PDP, which hired the hoodlums
who attacked the President in Katsina and
Bauchi and gave them brooms to make them
look like APC supporters.
”Information is now in the public domain
that these attacks were self-inflicted, with
the aim of demonizing the APC and
instigating retaliatory attacks in the
southern states, thus precipitating chaos
which the PDP and the Presidency will then
use as an excuse for the postponement of
the elections
”Apparently they did not envisage that the
information about their complicity over the
attacks will leak to the public. It is common
knowledge that the security around the
President is such that no hoodlum can come
close enough to pelt him with stones,” APC
said.
The party said the Presidency distorted facts
when it accused the APC of breaching the
Abuja peace accord that was signed by the
presidential candidates of the various
political parties, saying the PDP and its
band of thugs did not allow the ink with
which the agreement was signed to dry
before they started breaching it.
”The second attack on our offices in Rivers
took place after the pact was signed, just
like the serial attacks on our supporters in
Sokoto, organized by a PDP stalwart in the
city and aided and abetted by the police. The
death-wish-for-Buhari advert by the
incautious Gov. Ayodele Fayose of Ekiti
State in the name of President Jonathan,
which could have triggered unimaginable
violence if not properly managed by the
APC, also breached the agreement.
”Where was the Special Adviser to the
President on Political Affairs, Prof. Rufai
Ahmed Alkali, when all these breaches were
taking place? Not once did he issue a
statement to say ‘This nonsense must stop’.
”Where was the Senate President, David
Mark, when these breaches were taking
place? He was never on record as
condemning the attacks on the APC offices
and its supporters or the irresponsible and
downright repugnant advert by Gov. Fayose.
Are those in the opposition not Nigerians
who also deserve the care and attention of
the nation’s number three citizen?
”Mr Senate President, sir, if any party is
guilty of ‘despicable desperation’ as you
claimed, it is your party, the PDP. Which
party has been using all the cheap tricks in
the books to postpone the elections at all
cost? Which party has been sponsoring
attacks against itself to demonize the
opposition and force a postponement of next
month’s election? Which party has deviated
from issues and become fixated on the
person of the APC Presidential Candidate,
savaging and lying against him at every
point? Mr. Senate President, remember the
saying that he who must come to equity
must come with clean hands.”
APC also slammed the self-serving, self-
styled leadership of the Ijaw nation for
vowing retaliation over the sponsored
attacks on the President in the north, and
threatening the very existence of Nigeria if
President Jonathan is not elected into a
second term, wondering where in the world
threats have ever won an election.
”The last time we checked, elections are
won and lost by the votes of the people, not
by infantile threats. The last time we
checked, no onebis guiltier over attempts to
undermine the oneness of Nigeria than than
some self-styled leaders of the Ijaw nation.
Had they been duly prosecuted and
punished in accordance with the laws of
the land, they would not have dared to
continue threatening the nation’s existence,
even as those saddled with the
responsibility of preventing such threats
look on,” the party said.
APC appealed to its members and supporters
nationwide to continue to maintain peace in
the face of the most egregious of
provocations, in order not to play into the
hands of the PDP and the Jonathan
Administration who are incredibly terrified
of the forthcoming elections and will do
anything to make sure it did not hold..
”As we were writing this statement,. news
filtered in that the venue of our rally in
Okrika in Rivers State was attacked with an
explosive device in the early hours of
Saturday, even though no one disrupted the
First Lady’s campaign there earlier in the
week. Also, soldiers have taken over the
state-government owned stadium in Port
Harcourt after beating and expelling the
workers there, in a disgraceful show of
force by an increasingly desperate and
despotic federal government. Yet, there has
been no word from the Presidency, the
Senate President and the leadership of the
Ijaw nation.
”Now that the antics of the PDP have been
exposed for the world to see, we are once
again calling on Nigerians and the
international community to prevail on
President Jonathan and his party to desist
from its plot, using the excuse of violence
and PVCs, to shift next month’s polls. If
President Jonathan is sure he has utilized
the mandate given to him by Nigerians in
2011 to their satisfaction, he should be
eager to know the verdict of the citizens
come Feb 14th 2015,” APC said.
pointedly accused the Peoples Democratic
Party, PDP, of sponsoring the attacks on
President Goodluck Jonathan in Katsina and
Bauchi as part of its devilish plan to
demonize the opposition and force a
postponement of next month’s general
elections.
In a statement issued in Lagos on Saturday
by its National Publicity Secretary, Lai
Mohammed, the party said the coordinated
hysterical reactions to the attacks by the
presidency, Senate President, David Mark,
and the leadership of the Ijaw nation have
exposed the sponsors of the attacks.
It said those who have gone into a frenzy in
condemning the attacks should direct their
anger at the PDP, which hired the hoodlums
who attacked the President in Katsina and
Bauchi and gave them brooms to make them
look like APC supporters.
”Information is now in the public domain
that these attacks were self-inflicted, with
the aim of demonizing the APC and
instigating retaliatory attacks in the
southern states, thus precipitating chaos
which the PDP and the Presidency will then
use as an excuse for the postponement of
the elections
”Apparently they did not envisage that the
information about their complicity over the
attacks will leak to the public. It is common
knowledge that the security around the
President is such that no hoodlum can come
close enough to pelt him with stones,” APC
said.
The party said the Presidency distorted facts
when it accused the APC of breaching the
Abuja peace accord that was signed by the
presidential candidates of the various
political parties, saying the PDP and its
band of thugs did not allow the ink with
which the agreement was signed to dry
before they started breaching it.
”The second attack on our offices in Rivers
took place after the pact was signed, just
like the serial attacks on our supporters in
Sokoto, organized by a PDP stalwart in the
city and aided and abetted by the police. The
death-wish-for-Buhari advert by the
incautious Gov. Ayodele Fayose of Ekiti
State in the name of President Jonathan,
which could have triggered unimaginable
violence if not properly managed by the
APC, also breached the agreement.
”Where was the Special Adviser to the
President on Political Affairs, Prof. Rufai
Ahmed Alkali, when all these breaches were
taking place? Not once did he issue a
statement to say ‘This nonsense must stop’.
”Where was the Senate President, David
Mark, when these breaches were taking
place? He was never on record as
condemning the attacks on the APC offices
and its supporters or the irresponsible and
downright repugnant advert by Gov. Fayose.
Are those in the opposition not Nigerians
who also deserve the care and attention of
the nation’s number three citizen?
”Mr Senate President, sir, if any party is
guilty of ‘despicable desperation’ as you
claimed, it is your party, the PDP. Which
party has been using all the cheap tricks in
the books to postpone the elections at all
cost? Which party has been sponsoring
attacks against itself to demonize the
opposition and force a postponement of next
month’s election? Which party has deviated
from issues and become fixated on the
person of the APC Presidential Candidate,
savaging and lying against him at every
point? Mr. Senate President, remember the
saying that he who must come to equity
must come with clean hands.”
APC also slammed the self-serving, self-
styled leadership of the Ijaw nation for
vowing retaliation over the sponsored
attacks on the President in the north, and
threatening the very existence of Nigeria if
President Jonathan is not elected into a
second term, wondering where in the world
threats have ever won an election.
”The last time we checked, elections are
won and lost by the votes of the people, not
by infantile threats. The last time we
checked, no onebis guiltier over attempts to
undermine the oneness of Nigeria than than
some self-styled leaders of the Ijaw nation.
Had they been duly prosecuted and
punished in accordance with the laws of
the land, they would not have dared to
continue threatening the nation’s existence,
even as those saddled with the
responsibility of preventing such threats
look on,” the party said.
APC appealed to its members and supporters
nationwide to continue to maintain peace in
the face of the most egregious of
provocations, in order not to play into the
hands of the PDP and the Jonathan
Administration who are incredibly terrified
of the forthcoming elections and will do
anything to make sure it did not hold..
”As we were writing this statement,. news
filtered in that the venue of our rally in
Okrika in Rivers State was attacked with an
explosive device in the early hours of
Saturday, even though no one disrupted the
First Lady’s campaign there earlier in the
week. Also, soldiers have taken over the
state-government owned stadium in Port
Harcourt after beating and expelling the
workers there, in a disgraceful show of
force by an increasingly desperate and
despotic federal government. Yet, there has
been no word from the Presidency, the
Senate President and the leadership of the
Ijaw nation.
”Now that the antics of the PDP have been
exposed for the world to see, we are once
again calling on Nigerians and the
international community to prevail on
President Jonathan and his party to desist
from its plot, using the excuse of violence
and PVCs, to shift next month’s polls. If
President Jonathan is sure he has utilized
the mandate given to him by Nigerians in
2011 to their satisfaction, he should be
eager to know the verdict of the citizens
come Feb 14th 2015,” APC said.
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