PDP Fingers Buhari, El-Rufai As Masterminds Of Boko Haram Insurgency

The Peoples Democratic
Party, PDP, Saturday, insisted that the
actions, utterances and body language
of the All Progressives Congress, APC,
have continued to give it away as the
face behind the ugly mask of insurgency
in parts of the country, dismissing its
denial of complicity as an ill-articulated
afterthought.
A statement issued in Abuja by the
National Publicity Secretary of the Party,
Olisa Metuh said the PDP and Nigerians
do not need further proof on the unholy
alliance between the APC and
insurgency.
Restating that the PDP firmly believes in
the plurality of Nigeria's political space,
knowing full well, the cardinal role the
opposition plays in any sustainable
democracy, the party said it was
however an outright coup against
democracy for the APC to employ deceit,
lies and insurgency as means of
achieving political control.
"When we accused the APC of being
behind insurgency, we did not speak in
vain and when we summarized the
manifesto of the party as a product of
Janjaweed ideology, we have verifiable
reasons", PDP said.
The statement argued that it was not a
coincidence that after (former Head of
State), Muhammadu Buhari, beckoned
on his supporters to go on a lynching
spree should he lose the 2011
presidential election, an unprecedented
violence broke out, claiming the lives of
hundreds of innocent Nigerians. It noted
that the Sheik Lemu committee which
investigated this carnage, unequivocally
established Mr. Buhari's culpability.
"Besides, the allegory of the bloody
monkey and baboon in respect of the
2015 election, which is still way ahead,
by the same General is still very fresh in
the minds of Nigerians. The serial threats
of violence should President Jonathan
contest in 2015 including the most
recent prophecy of violent deaths and
destructions in 2015 by Nasiru El Rufai
are not slips from elements at the
periphery but snips from characters who
know more than ordinary Nigerians, the
reasons behind the mindless carnage in
the country.
"And when the APC boasted earlier in
2013 even before it could secure its
name from counter claims that
insurgency would end within 100 days of
its leadership of the nation, Nigerians
recalled immediately that the chief
priest who dines with the deity knows
the right libation to appease the gods.
Insurgency is APC and APC is insurgency.
"We recall also that the APC attempted
to use the November, 2013 Anambra
governorship election to test run its
agenda by posting fake opinion poll,
making inflammatory statements
concerning the election, and imported
armed thugs in botched bid to unleash
mayhem in the election it came a distant
third. Vigilant security agencies nipped
their plans in the bud".
The statement further said it was
laughable that the APC was regurgitating
a distorted and pirated version of
counter insurgency measures that have
been in quiet operation as if it were
original to it , wondering if the APC
leadership was under "the influence"
when (its) statement was authored.
PDP also said it might be necessary for
the APC to offer explanation for the
reason insurgency gains a pitch higher
each time President Jonathan takes a
forward step in his transformation
programme.
According to the ruling party, the gender
insensitivity of the APC is a direct fall-out
of its Janjaweed ideology, hence the
relentless vicious attacks on the female
members of the Federal Executive
Council and others in sensitive positions.
"It is not for nothing that all the persons
that the APC wants to resign from the
federal cabinet or similar positions are
females- Dr. Ngozi Okonjo Iweala,
Diezani Alison Madueke, Arunma Oteh.
In the APC's Janjaweed ideology, no
woman, no matter how brilliant should
be heard or seen".
The PDP finally cautioned the APC to
purge itself of evil tendencies and focus
on how to build a strong and united
nation instead of promoting violence and
bloodshed in desperate bid for power,
citing the stand of President Jonathan
that "his ambition is not worth spilling
the blood of any Nigerian as instructive".

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