By Myke Uzendu, Abuja
The main opposition party has said that the public confession by the Kaduna State Governor, Mallam Nasir el-Rufai and that of the Minister of Transportation, Chibuike Amaechi is troubling and an indication that the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) is a safe haven for terrorists.
The party in a statement by its Spokesperson, Hon Debo Ologunagba said that both chieftains of the ruling party confessed that the APC knows the whereabouts and plans of the terrorists ravaging our nation but deliberately refused to act.
According to the party, Amaechi, said that “some members of the APC-led Federal Executive Council frustrated his request to install security surveillance equipment to avert terrorist attack on the Kaduna-Abuja rail track confirms that the APC administration has been creating safety nets for terrorists to freely operate in our country”.
In exposing the APC government which he is part of, Mallam el-Rufai said, “we know where their camps are, we know where they are, the SSS has their phone numbers, they listen to them and they give me report…”
The party quoted the Minister of Transportation as saying “We knew what the problems will be. We knew we needed to have digital security equipment…I warned that lives will be lost and now lives are lost… When you come with sincerity to government and your colleagues are stopping you, it is annoying”.
PDP said that these revelations from high-ranking APC public officials who are in the position of knowledge, unequivocally confirmed that APC leaders are in league with terrorists.
It said that it is not surprised that President Muhammadu Buhari insists on retaining a self-confessed terrorist apologist, Dr. Isa Pantami to continue to head the Ministry of Communication and Digital Economy which is indispensable in any meaningful fight against terrorism in the country.
“The fact that the Buhari-led government atrociously refused to act despite having full intelligence on the whereabouts as well as the plans of the terrorists confirms grave complicity and conspiracy against our nation at the very top level of the APC government’s security command and control coordination structure.
“It also confirms that the APC government has conceded sovereignty over a part of our country to terrorists who, as a former APC leader confessed, were brought from neighboring countries by the APC as “political mercenaries” to rig the 2019 general elections”.
The party said that the complicity of the ruling party only explains why the APC is deliberately suppressing information and exposing the gallant armed forces to harm’s way while watching innocent Nigerians perish in the hands of terrorists.
The party asked Nigerians to recall how ahead of the 2019 elections, Governor el-Rufai declared that “those that are calling for anyone to come and intervene in Nigeria, we are waiting for the persons that will come and intervene, they will go back in body bags”.
The party maintained that the APC is complicit in the many acts of terrorism in the country and asked Nigerians to unite in ensuring that the APC is voted out of power in 2023 so that our nation can breathe a new lease of life.
