The Action Congress of Nigeria has described\u00a0\u00a0 the reaction of the Presidency to the recent visit of APC Governors to Boko Haram haven, Borno and Yobe states as uncouth and uncharitable.<\/p>\n
The AC which also described the Presidency’s reaction as uncharitable and insulting to Nigerians said ” the Presidency\u2019s reaction can only be likened to the antics of a punch-drunk boxer who, having been knocked out by his opponent, suddenly got up and started punching the referee whom he mistook for the guy who knocked him out”<\/p>\n
Presidential spokesman, Dr Doyin Okupe has described the hurried visit by the APC to Borno and Yobe as a publicity stunt.<\/p>\n
In a statement issued in Abuja on Wednesday by its National Publicity Secretary, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, the party said \u201cThere is no doubt that the visit of the governors was a knock-out for the waffling presidency. Now punch-drunk, the clearly disoriented presidency has resorted to blaming the courageous and trail-blazing governors whose only offence is that they dared to show solidarity for the people of Borno and Yobe worst-hit by the Boko Haram crisis.”<\/p>\n
\u201cThese governors dismissed the Presidency\u2019s shameless attempt to scare them away from Borno with a cooked security report. They walked around the volatile Maiduguri market without bullet proof vests or helmets, to the chagrin of the President and Commander-in-Chief who has opted to hide behind the Aso Rock fortress.\u201d<\/p>\n
The ACN said that for the Presidency to now choose to denigrate the governors and accuse them of crass opportunism is the height of irresponsibility.” the party said<\/p>\n
Mohammed added\u00a0 \u201cMost laughable is the accusation that the governors preempted the visit of President Jonathan to Borno. Who did the Presidency inform of his impending visit? When did it become the business of governors to tailor their movement to that of the President? Where has the President been since 2011 when he assumed office after his election? What took him so long to visit a troubled part of the country, especially since he claimed to have received a pan-Nigeria mandate?<\/p>\n
The truth is that the President was so embarrassed by the visit of the governors that he quickly packaged his own visit.<\/p>\n
Instead of quietly licking its wounds, the Presidency opted to dance naked in the market square by accusing those who blazed the trail, who showed the way to a clueless and visionless Federal Government.<\/p>\n
\u201cIrrespective of what the Presidency may say, the beleaguered people of Borno and Yobe appreciate the solidarity of their fellow Nigerians, as shown by the governors\u2019 visit. The people of Nigeria also appreciate the courage and compassion<\/p>\n
of the governors. Anyone trying to denigrate the visit is attracting more love for the governors and public opprobrium for the Presidency.\u201d<\/p>\n
The ACN also reacted to the accusation that it is playing politics with the killing of the Commissioner of Police of Kwara State, Chinwike Asasu.<\/p>\n
The party said it remains its position that the killing of such a top security chief sends a wrong signal about the state of the country\u2019s security, a position the ACN said cannot be faulted<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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