EMERGENCY RULE: ACN And Their Cohorts Behind Insurgents - PDP

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has accused the Action Congress of Nigeria and “their cohorts” as being behind the insurgents in Nigeria.
The party said this was because the opposition was against by President Goodluck Jonathan’s declaration of a state of emergency in three states of the North East.

The claims are contained in a statement on Wednesday by the National Publicity Secretary of the PDP, Chief Olisa Metuh.

It said the reaction of the opposition party, which had asked the National Assembly not to allow the emergency, showed that the political party was speaking from either a diseased and confused state of mind: a blackmailer who it said doesn't mind doing the trifle to remain relevant, or a political party actively conniving at the mindless war on Nigeria.

"Yesterday, the ACN, the sole repository of Solomonic wisdom, who was against Amnesty to insurgents, who indeed described the Federal Government in unprintables has today turned a proselyte of amnesty and dialogue,” the statement said, declaring that the ACN and others in the opposition are behind insurgents and therefore must subvert every measure taken by the government to tackle escalating insurgency.

The PDP said the other scenario is that the opposition sees the escalating terror as a short-cut to power.

It recalled that the statements of the leaders of the opposition at the eve 2011 presidential election gave birth to violence which has snowballed today into terrorism, and called on their leaders to “remove the mask on their faces” and publicly declare their stand.

“The state of emergency does not run contra to the spirit and the assignment of the presidential committee on amnesty,” PDP argued.  “The committee will take the job to its logical, fruitful end while the deployment of more troops under the emergency is an irreducible necessity to stem a determined war on the nation.”

Saying it also wanted to educate the ACN, the party declared that a just and equitable society cannot be achieved over night in the same manner that good governance is not an already-made commodity waiting on the counter.   

“We wish to emphasize that in over a decade, the PDP has not only rebuilt the decayed fabrics of the nation but has taken recognizable and commendable steps in the direction of good governance,” the statement said, stressing the party would remain committed to that despite distractions.

It described President Jonathan as a core democrat who appreciates the core values of democracy and who believes firmly that democracy must be practiced in Nigeria in its undiluted form.

“What is new is that the President by offering amnesty has opened the window for insurgents with genuine agitations to access redress while stopping intransigent criminality from consuming the nation."

Source: Sahara Reporters