The All Progressives Congress (APC), Nigeria’s ruling party has lambasted the former President Goodluck Jonathan for refuting comments by former British Prime Minister, David Cameron on the release of the abducted 276 Chibok girls.
Naija News reports that the APC in a recent statement lambasted the Nigeria’s former president over the alleged refusal of his administration of the help by the British Government in rescuing the abducted girls who were abducted on April 14, 2014.
The reaction against the former Nigeria’s President was registered in a statement by the party’s national publicity secretary, Lanre Issa-Onilu on Saturday night.
The statement which noted that Jonathan was entitled to a right of reply reads as thus; “Nigerians already know the story of Jonathan’s habitual negligence to matters of state. The Chibok schoolgirls abduction and his “sleeping behind the wheel” is not a story to deny as it is already part of our national history. We may disagree on a number of issues in Nigeria, but there is a national consensus on the fact that PDP elevated corruption to a national culture.
“Denying or arguing against the truth is not going to change anything at this stage. The stories of outlandish corrupt practices under the PDP are still unraveling.
“What is important now is Jonathan explaining to the families of the abducted schoolgirls why as president, he did nothing for two weeks after the Chibok abductions and still refuses to take responsibility for the tragedy up till now – except he continues to blame the Chibok abductions and other failings of his administration on the so-called grand conspiracy against him as he laboriously tries to state in his response to Cameron.
“The current administration’s reactions and actions after the similar and unfortunate Dapchi schoolgirls kidnapping is a pointer to how a responsive government should act.
“That Jonathan government was corrupt was actually half of the story. The full story is that corruption hallmarked the successive 16 years administrations under the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).
“It is shameful that anyone is even defending it. Corruption is PDP’s political ideology. This fact is already cast in stone. Nigerians do not need Cameron or anyone else to tell us how corrupt and ineffectual the PDP era was.
“As a consequence, Nigerians voted out the PDP administration in 2015 and elected the President Muhammadu Buhari-led APC administration to clear the mess the 16-year PDP administration left the country. Our resolve to do just that is unshaken.”
source https://www.naijanews.com/2019/10/06/apc-lambastes-ex-president-jonathan-over-abducted-chibok/
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