Quit playing the Ostrich, ACN tells Presidency


The Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) has accused
the Presidency of being too clever by half with its
claim that the ongoing Rivers crisis is not a threat to
Nigeria’s democracy, saying the crisis is not just a
threat to the nation’s democracy but also to the
peaceful co-existence of its people.
In a statement issued in Lagos on Thursday by its
National Publicity Secretary, Alhaji Lai Mohammed,
the party said the Rivers crisis looked ‘normal’ to the
Presidency because it is the one behind it.

”Let us call a spade a spade: What is happening in
Rivers State is not normal. What is normal in five
members of a 32-strong house seeking to remove the
Speaker supported by the remaining members?
What is normal in the Police Commissioner of a state
labelling the state’s Governor a dictator and
supporting renegade lawmakers to stir trouble? What
is normal in hired thugs stoning visiting Governors
from another part of the country?
”Should it not be clear to the Presidency what would
have happened if any of the four northern Governors
had been mortally injured in the attack on them by
the hired thugs in Port Harcourt? In any case, is it not
common knowledge that most of Nigeria’s political
crises have originated from a state or regional
crisis?” it queried.

ACN also slammed the Presidency for struggling so
hard to convince more discerning Nigerians that the
outcome of the last NGF election won by Gov.
Chibuike Amaechi, at the expense of the presidency-
backed puppet candidate, was of no importance to it
(Presidency).
”If the NGF election indeed meant nothing to the
Presidency, as claimed by an ever-so-deceitful
presidential aide, why did the President make it a
referendum on his presidency? Would the Presidency
have described the outcome of the election as
inconsequential if its candidate had won? And if the
outcome is inconsequential, why is the Presidency
still aligning with its puppet candidate and
describing him as the Chairman of the NGF, even
when it is universally acknowledged that he lost the
election?

”As we have said many times, no government can
govern successfully by deceiving the people, and
certainly not in Nigeria where the people are
discerning enough to understand the antics of a
power-drunk, not-so-truthful Presidency. Here is a
Presidency that seeks to distance itself from the
Rivers crisis while regularly playing host to the leader
of the renegade lawmakers from the state. This
Presidency should quit playing the Ostrich over the
Rivers crisis!” the party said.
It also accused the Presidency of seeking to distort
the reason for the visit to Gov. Amaechi by the
progressive Governors, in an attempt to demonize
the four patriotic northern Governors who paid the
same visit earlier.

”The progressive Governors and the four northern
Governors are on the same page as far as the Rivers
crisis is concerned. Their visits were borne out of
patriotic concerns that the crisis could endanger the
nation’s democracy. It is therefore disingenuous to
accuse the northern Governors of meddling while
praising the progressive Governors.

”In his usually easily-excitable disposition, the
presidential aide who is always saddled with
defending the indefensible failed to see the satire in
the advice that Gov. Amaechi should visit President
Jonathan over the crisis. Next time, we advise the
presidential aide to contextualize such a statement
before rushing to the press to ridicule himself,” ACN
said.

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Dem fit hear. Wait till Okupe come take una end opening speech to celebrate im new car.

Onye chi ya choro igbu, o n'ebu uzo eme ya ara

I wonder why this four Northern Govs did not junket around Nigeria in search of peace when the boko haram crisis was at it peak, why didn't nyako take charge of his state allowing security situation to detiorate. there are all fooling themselves.