The presidency yesterday took another swipe at former president, Olusegun Obasanjo who last week, accused President Goodluck Jonathan of placing perceived political opponents under the watchful eyes of snipers, It told Obasanjo to show proof in that respect or shut up forever.

In the same vein, the seat of power warned the All Progressive Congress (APC) to be careful in making inciting statements and unfounded allegations against President Goodluck Jonathan or its members would be made to face charges of treason.

It implicitly told former President Olusegun Obsanjo who had last week alleged the existence of snipers against the president to boldly come forward and provide proof or remain silent forever as a coward he is.

Obasanjo had written an 18 paragraph letter alleging series of corrupt practices against President Jonathan.

But Special Adviser to the president on media and publicity, Dr. Reuben Abati noted in a statement yesterday said,

“President Jonathan is running a people’s government. He does not need any snipers. His legitimacy comes from the people. Those who are alleging the existence of snipers should step forward and provide the evidence or shut up forever and go down in history as spineless cowards, driven by sheer greed and indecency.

“We dismiss the APC’s call for the President’s impeachment as opportunistic, partisan and ill-motivated.

We call on patriots to make the necessary distinction between such reckless violations of civic duty and the urgent need to protect the integrity of the Nigerian nation against those who for selfish reasons have declared their readiness to stop at nothing”.

Abati described as reckless and irresponsible the call by the APC for the National Assembly to commence impeachment proceedings against the president.

He reminded the APC that as an opposition party which remains a minority “with doubtful credentials in the National Assembly, knows fully well that its attempt to hector and blackmail a Parliament dominated by loyal members of the President’s party, the PDP, into an impeachment process, will come to nothing”.

Threatening to prefer charges bordering on treason against members of the APC, Abati stated: “In this regard, we have noted the undisguised threat by the APC to foster public insurrection against the Federal Government if pending legal cases go against it. We urge Nigerians to take special note of this boastful indication of an intention to resort to lawlessness. The Presidency warns that the APC and any persons who make themselves its willing tools for the breach of public order and safety will be made to face the full sanctions of the law.

“Those who are threatening fire and brimstone should be ready for consequences of treasonable action. The APC’s false copy-cat allegation that 1, 000 snipers are being trained by the Jonathan Administration clearly shows that they are now in cahoots with some other elements who are bent on discrediting this administration and inciting the public against it”.

The presidential spokesman said ordinarily, the presidency wouldn’t have dignified the party’s spokesman, Alhaji Lai Mohammed’s “latest vituperations in the service of his paymasters with a response”.

He added, however, the presidency “thought it necessary to warn that the federal government will not standby idly and let the nation be plunged into unnecessary crises and political instability because of the desperation and apparent readiness of the APC spokesman and his gang of power-seeking desperadoes to sacrifice the well-being of the country on the altar of their selfish personal ambitions.

“The Presidency totally condemns the decision by Alhaji Mohammed and his party to move further beyond the bounds of honourable and acceptable political conduct with the senseless call for the impeachment of a President who continues to sincerely devote himself to the discharge of the sacred mandate freely given to him by Nigerians”, Abati noted.

Abati who wondered why the APC “has cavalierly embarked on this outrageous gambit, with scant regard for peace, order, security and political stability in the country” said it was “in furtherance of its dastardly and heinous strategy of over-heating the polity and working to cause public disaffection against the Jonathan Presidency with lies, false accusations and unjustifiable indictments ahead of the 2015 general elections.

“The emptiness and hollowness of the APC’s call for President Jonathan’s impeachment will be obvious to all objective and discerning Nigerians who read through the statement issued by Alhaji Mohammed today. It was long on self-serving rhetoric and falsehoods, but lacked a single clearly defined charge on the basis of which any plausible impeachment proceedings against the President can be initiated”, he added.

The statement made available to LEADERSHIP yesterday night further reads: “All that the APC could offer in justification of its absurd and hare-brained impeachment call was a rehash of its well-worn litany of baseless accusations against the President, including some for which culpability should be laid squarely at the doorsteps of its own leaders and some of their new friends.

“The Presidency also considers it utterly deplorable that the APC has, in its Machiavellian desperation to seize control of the Federal Government, recklessly assailed the integrity and honour of the Nigerian Judiciary in a callous attempt to pre-empt the outcome of the case legitimately brought against it and some of its new friends by the PDP.

“Alhaji Mohammed’s unscrupulous effort to drag the nation’s judiciary into its murky political warfare and his readiness to intimidate and blackmail members of the bench so as to secure a favourable outcome for his party in the pending case clearly shows that nothing is beyond the pale for him and the APC in pursuit of their quest for power.

“The Jonathan Administration does not need Lai Mohammed or the APC to remind it of its constitutional responsibility for the security and well-being of Nigerians. The President will continue to do his utmost best to achieve positive national transformation in all areas in spite of efforts by the opposition to thwart or disparage the work of his administration.

http://leadership.ng/news/161213/jonathan-obasanjo-show-proof-snipers-or-shut

ls this really happening in Nigeria or are they adding pepper soup ingredients to make it spicy!

Getting messy...

Na dem sabi, when dem dey share this country resources anyhow among themselves secretly, no body heard them. In fact may God continue to bring shame and open disgrace to any one sitting on the God given resources of this country. They claim they love us, but we no see any of their impact on the streets and in our homes but hardship either OBJ regime or GEJ tenure. They make empty promises to the masses, but eventually favor their allies. God , continue to expose them and let division continue to rule in their midst. AMEN. They are just starting, when God finish dealing with them, na gun them go dey use pursue themselves.
Eni jegbi, ni yi o ku gbi- meaning who ever eat poisonous substances have the tendency of dying fast.

We get snipers for this country?

Research has proved that adults behave like kids when they get to a certain age.

There is more going on than what the general public has been privileged to see or hear. Most Nigerians has adopted the mantra of the three wise Chinese monkey: "see no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil". Yet we Nigerians are not asking these people to 'do no evil'. The polity becomes polarised. You are either for GEJ or OBJ warts and all, while they are sharing our commonwealth Nigerian style. All these protagonists, except Jonathan has feathered their nest for so long. Look at the long list of pillagers. Mohammed Babangida has oil wells. Mohammed Abacha has oil wells, Atiku and his children and his children has so many oil wells. Yet the people of Niger Delta are languishing in abject poverty. All these posturings is all about resource allocation. Politics? You must be having a laugh .....

bluerange: ls this really happening in Nigeria or are they adding pepper soup ingredients to make it spicy!