Boko Haram: ACN opposes
imposition of state of
emergency
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May 12, 2013 | 2:19 pm
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…asks President to quit if…
The Action Congress of
Nigeria (ACN) has asked
President Goodluck Jonathan
to shelve the plan, if he has
any, to impose a state of
emergency on some of the
northern states worst hit by
the Boko Haram crisis, saying
any such move can only
be aimed at giving an undue
advantage to the PDP instead
of helping to end the crisis.
In a statement issued in
Lagos on Sunday by its
National Publicity Secretary,
Alhaji Lai Mohammed, the
party said if the imposition
of emergency rule on the
most affected states is the
onlyviable option left for
President Jonathan to tackle
the crisis, then he should
step down.
It said the crisis has dragged
on for so long because of the
failure of the
JonathanbAdministration to
appropriately diagnose
the problem in the first
instance, coupled with an
exhibition of lethargy and an
appalling lack of creativity in
devising measures to end it.
”Perhaps President Jonathan
should emulate late US
President Harry
Truman by putting a sign on
his desk at Aso Rock that
reads ‘The buck stops here’
to remind him that he bears
the ultimate responsibility for
the security situation in the
country today, instead of any
attempt to blame some state
governors in the affected
states.
”Imposing a state of
emergency on the states that
have beenmentioned, like
Borno, Yobe and Nasarawa
States will amount to shifting
responsibility and unduly
victimizing the Governors of
those states, who have done
perhaps more than the
President, in dealing with the
crisis, even though they are
not in charge of any security
apparatus.
”It is important to state here
that the President virtually
abandoned the states as
they reeled under the effects
of the Boko Haram
onslaught. For about two
years after assuming office,
he refused to visit the states
until the APC Governors
blazed the trail and left him
with no option but to follow
suit
http://www.vanguardngr.com/2013/05/boko-haram-acn-opposes-imposition-of-state-of-emergency/

Mad party.
ACN should feed this trash to their ethnic lap-dogs,and not intelligent Nigerians.

The funny thing is that I would have been SURPRISED if Lai Mohammed's ACN didnt release this sort of a statement!!

The funny thing is that I would have been SURPRISED if Lai Mohammed's ACN didnt release this sort of a statement!!

this ACN press release is getting ridiculous everyday. Are this people really serious?

This Guy playing politics with everytn.

This is the most ridiculous thing I have ever heard in my life. What is Lai Mohammed smoking? Obviously this opposition is only interested in playing politics and nothing else

Well said, Lai Mohammed.

Wait till ACN, CPC and APC apologists enter the thread.

ADVISE JONATHAN NOT TO GET IN TOO DEEP O.
See it as you want ;opposition politics or advise but there is wisdom in those words.a yoruba proverb says "a pig which shits in his own house will surely lie on it". Na them they destroy them land. Just like oil bunkerers, they will suffer the consequences.sebi they wan be like Afghanistan .
A state of emergency would be seen as a cover for tribal domination.that is how the common illiterate man on the street will see it.the federal government has the responsibility /tools for security and that is what GEJ should concentrate on. Removing the last link between the mostly illiterate citizens of those state who can be easily manipulated and the government will simply mean that jonathan has taken full ownership of the crises. Any bad road,school with leaking roof, lead poisoning etc will be seen as a southern conspiracy to destroy the north or islam( na so them dey tell em for Afghanistan,Somalia and Pakistan ).Not to mention that it can lead to a full scale mass revolt and could lead to soldiers turning their guns against one another.
GEJ has had a state of emergency on his hand for 2 years now.there is no need to declare anything. If he want to declare one, where he needs a state of emergency is his security appointments .his service chiefs are largely incompetent.
A word is enough for the wise. Do not get drawn into the boko haram crisis. Plateau state was simply a political/tribal crisis. Exactly why obasanjo was able to use a political solution via SOE.
He ignored the crazy political sharia zamfara governor and crap coming from that part of the country.
This one is a religious fundermentalist crisis ,political crisis under the guise of religious crisis and a tribal crisis rolled into one.he should concentrate on destroy the command and control structure of boko haram with emphasis on intelligence . Can anybody tell me why we do not have surveillance drones yet.
The northerners are desperate for power to return to them because the boko haramites are gradually overthrowing the established feudal order with them at the top . It is only via power at the centre that they can rally northern pride/masses and using federal might to prevent this from happening. Exactly why most of them are afraid to even criticise boko haram. The northern leaders are nothing without the centre.
You can see it as partisan,you can see it as an advise. However ,this is my advise. Tell jonathan not to get involved in a fight that is difficult to understand. Just contain it,win hearts and minds and perform in places that are peaceful.
Thread softly o

Falls down from chair, laughing on the floor!

APC is on the move!!! It is only those filled with hate that will still Mr. President as the problem.
APC, ACN , CPC is not the answer.

You can see, the man have no suggestion apart from that Mr. President must not declare state of emergency.

Those that want power at the cost of human blood will never get it.
Rather let Nigeria split.

i love Biafra!!

Can you imagine. . . Nigerians can now know these criminals in APC better. Shame on all of you hypocrites - Liar Muhammed, Tinubu, Buhari. Playing politics with everything. So if a State of Emergency would bring a solution it should still be discarded because according to Liar-in-chief it will decrease the number of APC governors. Nigerians can now know these hypocrites parading themselves as Messiah.

No state of emergency despite the fact that people are dying like flies.

Yes to amnesty because we need that Boko Vote.

bloggernaija: ADVISE JONATHAN NOT TO GET IN TOO DEEP O.
See it as you want ;opposition politics or advise but there is wisdom in those words.a yoruba proverb says "a pig which shits in his own house will surely lie on it". Na them they destroy them land. Just like oil bunkerers, they will suffer the consequences.sebi they wan be like Afghanistan .
A state of emergency would be seen as a cover for tribal domination.that is how the common illiterate man on the street will see it.the federal government has the responsibility /tools for security and that is what GEJ should concentrate on. Removing the last link between the mostly illiterate citizens of those state who can be easily manipulated and the government will simply mean that jonathan has taken full ownership of the crises. Any bad road,school with leaking roof, lead poisoning etc will be seen as a southern conspiracy to destroy the north or islam( na so them dey tell em for Afghanistan,Somalia and Pakistan ).Not to mention that it can lead to a full scale mass revolt and could lead to soldiers turning their guns against one another.
GEJ has had a state of emergency on his hand for 2 years now.there is no need to declare anything. If he want to declare one, where he needs a state of emergency is his security appointments .his service chiefs are largely incompetent.
A word is enough for the wise. Do not get drawn into the boko haram crisis. Plateau state was simply a political/tribal crisis. Exactly why obasanjo was able to use a political solution via SOE.
He ignored the crazy political sharia zamfara governor and crap coming from that part of the country.
This one is a religious fundermentalist crisis ,political crisis under the guise of religious crisis and a tribal crisis rolled into one.he should concentrate on destroy the command and control structure of boko haram with emphasis on intelligence . Can anybody tell me why we do not have surveillance drones yet.
The northerners are desperate for power to return to them because the boko haramites are gradually overthrowing the established feudal order with them at the top . It is only via power at the centre that they can rally northern pride/masses and using federal might to prevent this from happening. Exactly why most of them are afraid to even criticise boko haram. The northern leaders are nothing without the centre.
You can see it as partisan,you can see it as an advise. However ,this is my advise. Tell jonathan not to get involved in a fight that is difficult to understand. Just contain it,win hearts and minds and perform in places that are peaceful.
Thread softly o

Why do you bother? Please let a state of emergency be declared since they believe it is political! Finally, people will learn that those governors have not just been sitting and watching when they travel out for a holiday and the feds get responsibility for day to day running!

I can't quite work out what Lai Mohamed is saying

I can‘t believe any reasonable human being can make such suggestion.
What alternative to emerency rule does ACN have?

Lol.boko haram must have warned the northern governors that is a state of emergency is declared, they will start to attack the governors and their families. So they don't want to take the risk.

You see how the governor dashed 50mil to boko haram members, when they kidnapped the first minister of petroleum.

They governor put hand for state account give them 50 for dash. No attempt to investigate them. All they cld tell us is that none of them cld speak hausa or fulani.

I believe that kidnap is jst a cover up to fund boko haram.

I was thinking this SUNDAY was going to end witout a press statement coming from LAI MOHAMED...but alas he didn't disappoint me...

Do these people realize that in saner countries ridiculous statements like these are capable of keeping the opposition in power?they are bloody lucky this is nigeria where most of the voters are still largely unevolved.