On Friday 2nd of December, three bombs went off at close intervals in Kuje and Nyanya district of the Abuja metropolis. With deaths running above a dozen people and injured persons clocking twice the figure the obvious truth is Boko haram are not going down without a fight. My deepest condolences goes out to all those affected by this tragedy.

As with every news like this, Nigeria’s Twitter space was flooded with Nigerians who took to their devices to air their opinions about the sad incident. In the midst of it all what however struck me (and quite oddly too) was the hypocrisy of APC supporters.

In the previous administration and the run up to the elections, we were made to believe that ex-president Goodluck Jonathan was a weakling and lacked ideas to stop Boko Haram. Terms like ‘clueless’ became popular among APC stalwarts who ridiculed the ex-president’s effort to seek support from neighboring countries to fight terrorism. It was so pitiful that terrorism was used as a political tool to convince Nigerians of the ‘Change’ agenda of the APC. This ‘change’ agenda presented a facade of being able to curb Boko Haram in the first 3 months in office – a manifesto that with last Friday’s bombings we now know was not possible.

Calls for support for the Nigerian Army and unity of purpose in fighting terrorism was shouted down as this APC political commentators even went as low as suggesting that the presidency then was financing Boko Haram.

Fast forward to May 29th and Buhari was inaugurated into office, the APC has finally and commendably won elections from a rival party. The praise singers rolled out their drums; they sang like canaries with the break of every sunlight and praised the ‘New Sheriff in town’ for his ideas and political intelligence. President Buhari visited neighboring countries to ask for a joint force in fighting Boko Haram and was praised by the same people who insulted the ex-president for the same action. The new sheriff in town took a tour of various countries making a barrage of controversial comments at speeches and interviews and these same praise singers saw absolutely nothing wrong but cheered on like new cheerleaders witnessing their first big basketball game.

President Buhari ran the country for more than three months without ministers only to release an incomplete ‘list of noisemakers’ on 30th of September which as I write is yet to be screened by our dramatic senators. What did APC commentators say in all this? ‘Give the man time’; ‘he knows what he is doing’. Only a very few called out the presidency when he glaringly erred.

After the bombs went off last Friday, there was general silence from the presidency. This continued for hours and Special Adviser to the President of media Femi Adesina trended on twitter or posting pictures of President Buhari on Facebook after a bomb blast. Over twelve hours later and the Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Mallam Garba Shehu releases a half-baked statement saying ‘President Buhari is distressed’ with the mishap and has sent a delegation to the affected sites.

Imagine if this was done during ex-president Jonathan’s time…

Someone once said that in the game of politics it is easier to cast aspersions and attack the sitting government until you get into power and see how it feels.

It is my firm belief that as a nation we need more nationalists not supporters of parties. We need more people who can reason without their judgment being clouded by political affiliations but driven by the love of the country. People who are dedicated to service to man and country not those who are ready to sing anything the piper plays. In a country of over 170 million people, is this too much to ask?

For the many blind supporters of the APC my question is, how long can you keep up with the hypocrisy?
Here’s a clear example of the Hypocrisy of APC Supporters.

If you are a frequent reader of political opinions expressed on Nigerian Twitter then you have most likely come across a certain @OgbeniDipo who happens to be a well known APC Supporter.

Ogbeni was part of the critics of Goodluck Jonathan’s administration especially in areas involving his handling of islamist sect, Boko Haram.

In 2014, Ogbeni tweeted this following the Nyanya bomb blast (tweet below)
Fast forward to 2015, Now under the regime of Muhammadu Buhari, another Bomb blast in the same location and here is what Ogbeni tweeted (tweet below)

Nigerians on twitter who noticed this immediately attacked him for his bias opinions and then he later tweeted the following…

Or You Can Read The Full Story On This Website :http://watchdognews.net/abuja-bombings-and-the-hypocrisy-of-apc-supporters-by-osaigbovo-john/

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This person talk too much.
So because the Ogbeni no like GEJ government con make am hypocrite abi wetin you call am? The only question I have been asking people is what are these BH boys really fighting for?? What do they really want?? Yorubas no get wahala yet una dey call them cowards

Great article. God bless GEJ

I have been following diff post,any post that tends to tanish the image of the APC get very low response but reverse is the case when its against PDP. Permit to say this medium has been hijacked by God knows who. Hmmm.