The All Progressives Congress, APC has admitted that the magnitude of
insecurity in the country under the present leadership is humongous even
as it sympathises with all those affected by the security incidences.
The party also urged Nigerians to resist every opportunists and
profiteers of insecurity.
In a statement by the National Secretary, APC Caretaker/Extraordinary
Convention Planning Committee (CECPC), John James Akpanudoedehe said
“the issue of insecurity in the country has found expression in
terrorist and criminal activities of Boko Haram, bandits, kidnappers,
rustlers and recently the highly condemnable attacks on security
formations in some states. These are current realities and the All
Progressives Congress (APC) will not play politics with matters of life
and our collective wellbeing as a nation.
“As a progressive party in government, we are fully-focussed on
identifying and bringing to book the perpetrators and sponsors of this
hydra-headed insecurity monster and consolidating on our visible
development strides. While the party sympathises with all affected by
the security incidents, we call on all to unite against insecurity and
criminality, however expressed.
“Only in safety can we enjoy the current agriculture revolution which
has seen Nigeria achieve self-sufficiency in rice and other staple food
items. Only in safety can we enjoy the current infrastructure revolution
that has witnessed the rehabilitation, construction and reconstruction
of over 13,000 kilometers of critical federal roads, construction of
thousands of affordable and acceptable housing and of course the ongoing
national railway projects gainfully connecting cities and towns across
the country.
“Again, we must not fall for the plot of sectarian opportunists and
unpatriotic partisans who have swarmed the public space with divisive
rhetoric in furtherance of their selfish plot to exploit the security
situation for hideous gains. It is dangerous to national security and we
should not let them succeed. The President Muhammadu Buhari
administration is criminalising crime, not ethnicity. The president’s
charge to the newly-appointed service chiefs was clear: “We are in a
state of emergency. Be patriotic, serve the country well, as your
loyalty is to the country”.
“Our security services deserve our continued support and cooperation as
they undertake their constitutional duty to safeguard citizen’s life,
property and our territorial integrity. In our private and public
spaces, we have a duty to be vigilant and volunteer information on
strange and suspicious activities around us. The President Buhari
government will continue and strategically deploy all state resources in
achieving public safety.
“We must shun the antics and activities of unpatriotic and sectarian
opportunists fanning divisive embers, promote peaceful coexistence,
eschew bitterness and unite against insecurity and crime, for the
development of the country.
“From the Ogbomosho taxi driver who was born and lives his productive
life in Kaduna State; the Igbo trader who is the Chairman of the Ladipo
spare parts market association in Lagos state to the Kano-born Hausa
businessman investing and building sugar, cement, petrochemical plants
around the country and employing thousands. Despite our natural
differences in culture, religion and ethnicities, we are more patriotic,
alike and united than bigots, sectarian opportunists and unpatriotic
partisans try to make us believe. We have a collective stake in our
country’s security and ensuring that Nigeria works for all.”