Jonathan’s yesterday’s remarks made during the Christmas service in Abuja.
It would be recalled that Jonathan expressed discontent that some politicians “make provocative statements, statements that create division among Nigerians and that can set this country ablaze”.
According to Premium Times, in a December 26 statement by the APC National Publicity Secretary, Lai Mohammed, the party said that Jonathan’s comments would have made sense if the president had acted in such a way that his compatriots would not doubt his sincerity.
Nigeria’s major opposition party recalled the recent incident
with Edwin Clark’s scandalous remarks.
“Recently, Chief Edwin Clark, a die-hard supporter of the President, said glibly that if the opposition has its way it can poison or kill President Jonathan just to take power. No statement could be more absurd and incendiary, yet the President never called him to order.
”Another dyed-in-the-wool supporter of the President, Mujaheed Asari Dokubo, said on national television that there will be blood on the streets if President Jonathan is not re-elected in 2015. He also said ‘we will not take any prisoner of war. It will be total battle’, but the President never uttered a word in his rebuke.”
Lai Mohammed
It would be recalled that Jonathan expressed discontent that some politicians “make provocative statements, statements that create division among Nigerians and that can set this country ablaze”.
According to Premium Times, in a December 26 statement by the APC National Publicity Secretary, Lai Mohammed, the party said that Jonathan’s comments would have made sense if the president had acted in such a way that his compatriots would not doubt his sincerity.
Nigeria’s major opposition party recalled the recent incident
with Edwin Clark’s scandalous remarks.
“Recently, Chief Edwin Clark, a die-hard supporter of the President, said glibly that if the opposition has its way it can poison or kill President Jonathan just to take power. No statement could be more absurd and incendiary, yet the President never called him to order.
”Another dyed-in-the-wool supporter of the President, Mujaheed Asari Dokubo, said on national television that there will be blood on the streets if President Jonathan is not re-elected in 2015. He also said ‘we will not take any prisoner of war. It will be total battle’, but the President never uttered a word in his rebuke.”
The election of the APC presidential candidate, Muhammadu Buhari, was marked by an intensified war of words between the parties. The statement continued in this relation:
“Since President Jonathan’s main opponent in the 2015 elections, Gen.Muhammadu Buhari, emerged, his party members and spokesmen have been falling over themselves to pour invective on him and his party, the APC. The National Secretary of the President’s party, Wale Oladipo, called the former head of state a ‘semi-literate jackboot’, Doyin Okupe lambasted Gen. Buhari for not stealing money during his many public appointments while PDP spokesman Olisa Metuh issued his most jejune statement to date just to pillory the APC and its leaders.”
The APC accused Jonathan of not calling his supporters and aides to order and therefore concluded that the country leader “has lost the moral authority to call anyone else to order for the same wrong doing”.
The party called on Jonathan to”speak the truth” to his men first, instead of reproaching the others.
“On our part, we say, without equivocating, that we do not need any admonition from anyone, least of all a holier-than-thou President, to avoid actions that could divide the people or create discord or hatred. We are a party of peace, inclusiveness and concord, so President Jonathan should first speak the truth to his party before saying it to anyone else.”
Less than two months are left before the 2015 presidential elections. The political race is getting faster and the pressure is getting higher with every single day. The dust won’t even settle during the Yuletide celebrations in the country.
Source: Naij News
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