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General Muhammadu Buhari led CPC today pointedly accused President Goodluck Jonathan of profiting immensely from the series of security challenges facing the nation. The party in a statement by its spokesman, Rotimi Fashakin said the administration has turned the bombings and killings across the country to a business venture through which the nation’s treasury is being daily looted.

But the presidency in a swift reaction by presidential spokesman, Reuben Abati said the CPC’s statement does not make any sense as it lacks coherence.

The CPC statement reads: “The Congress for Progressive Change (CPC) is aware that the pre-eminent desire of Nigerians under this Nation-space is Security, which under this PDP-led regime, has been an elusive phenomenon. This is sadly so because the Jonathan regime prefers Political profiting from the menace of insecurity to obliterating the scourge from the Nation’s landscape.

After the Monday the 15th April, 2013 Boston Marathon bombing, the American President, Mr Barack Obama reassuringly told a traumatized Nation: “We do not know who did this. We will find them, and we will bring them to Justice.” In less than five days, the two suspected bombers have been decapitated. On 1st October, 2010, there were bomb blasts near the Eagle square, Abuja. The Nigerian President, Dr Goodluck Jonathan, being more preoccupied with gaining some electoral credit through guiding public opinion to a decided outcome, declared to the Nation: “it is not MEND!” It did not matter anymore that formal investigation and subsequent litigious procedure had confirmed the culpability of MEND in the bombing. In essence, the Nigerian President, not only showed insularity unbecoming of National leaders, but was only pre-eminently concerned about winning his Party’s nomination while the Nation burned!

The post-election violence in April 2011 that disrupted the peace in some parts of Northern Nigeria was seen as a spontaneous reaction of the people to the subversion of their electoral rights. Pastor Ayodele Oritsejafor, the President of Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) and President Jonathan’s side-kick, called a Press conference and bizarrely demanded the arrest of General Muhammadu Buhari. It did not matter that the fashionable Cleric did not possess verifiable evidence to support his claim. This was seen as President Jonathan’s attempt at polarizing the Polity along religious lines in an iniquitous divide-and-rule scheme. As a fitting reward for that execrable service and many others, Pastor Oritsejafor was rewarded on 10th November, 2012 with the gift of a Bombardier Private jet at a ceremony in which the President was physically present! We were later told the Cleric’s congregation made the donation.

After the initial Presidential reticence in agreeing to amnesty for the Boko-Haram insurgents, and when confronted with reasoned argument, President Jonathan decided on commencement of talks ostensibly leading to amnesty. Yet again, Pastor Oritsejafor continued to obdurately urge the government not to yield to the dialogue option. As the President’s confidante, was he projecting the President’s unexpressed desire? This double-faced posturing by the Federal government is, undoubtedly, a show of its insincerity, which has quite rightly alienated some of the members of the proposed amnesty committee. Is it not a matter of concern that the more money voted to combat insecurity brings more insecurity, thereby giving justification for more Security allocation?

In the last two years, the Nigerian government has been patronizing ex-militant lords with hefty security contracts in a manner that showed abandonment of the constitutional function of the Nigeria Police. This government’s action, perceived as deleterious to the Socio-Political harmony of the land, is being intensified in other regions of the Country, ahead of the regime’s preparation for another election in 2015.

The regime’s Propagandist machine has caused the Boko Haram phenomenon to defy reasonable logic. In February 2013, a French family of seven persons was held hostage by Terrorists in Cameroon. Boko Haram was reported to be responsible. They were allegedly brought to Nigeria by Boko- haram. The hostages were freed last week in Cameroon and released to the French government. Was it the ‘ghostly’ Boko haram that negotiated the hostages’ release with the French? Was any insurgent (in captivity in Nigeria) released in exchange for the hostages? How did Boko Haram cross (at will) Nigeria’s borders, with all the hostages, without the knowledge of Nigeria large security apparatus? Shall we assume that Boko Haram has spread its operational base to Cameroon? Undoubtedly, this leaves many more questions than answers!

“As a Party, we are not unaware of the desperation of the Jonathan regime ahead of the 2015 general election. The regime, in a despicable manner that is unprecedented, played up the fragile fault lines of ethnicity and religion for its own aggrandizement in delusive electoral victory in 2011. A regime that is unwilling and incapacitated in implementing none of the fundamental objectives (entrenched in the Nation’s statute book) now seeks to use unconscionable schemes to delude, confuse and over-awe the citizenry, ahead of the next general election in 2015. We stand shoulder to shoulder with the Nigerian people in ensuring the noble ideals of the rule of law reign in our land. We shall continue to campaign against the vestiges of impunity and all forms of corruption and corruptive tendencies that are prevalent in this PDP-led administration.”

In his response, the presidency in its own release said: “The statement by Rotimi Fashakin of the CPC is a thoroughly incoherent, stream of consciousness rambling that serves no purpose other than that it fits into a pattern of perpetual heckling and ‘wolf crying’ by a defeated, unimaginative group that hides under the guise of being an opposition.

“More discerning persons know the truth: that the CPC and its ACN conspirators will say anything no matter how unreasonable just so they can be seen to be saying something in the name of politics.

“The Jonathan administration remains resolutely committed to the pursuit of the transformation agenda and will not be distracted or discouraged by those who in hustling for relevance have chosen to place their selfish interests before and above the national interest.”

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SLIDE waxie: Well, they can wipe off the north for all i care!
These guys knw wo these BH are and they kept mute like they dnt knw.
These dudes are someone's husbands and relatives, they just decided not to point them out!

And wen d JTF shoots a town down, they will always cry 'civilian'.

Kill them all!!!!!!
I repeat: kill them all!!!!
Over and out to my peppersoup joint!

be reasonable for once, we are talking about humans not cows.

sbaks: This is d country where d pple need to protest and not like d bahrainians who ar rich and hav in suficiency but yet want to taste hunger all in d name of protest (which reason at times may b unnecesary). Nigerians dont enjoy facilities like dis mid east pple and yet acts less crazy unlike dis pple. How i wish som of dem could stay in nig. 4 just 7 months, they wil tank GOD 4 deir govt and reduce their unnecesary protests. But dis N korea sef dem fit protest so? Dis 1 wey dem dey worshp their president. Just thinkin

I did not understand one single thing you said, can you repeat it please.

This is terrible

This is not good at all

LGA road, RIP

Afam4eva: Did he die on a state or federal road?

RIP

We will definitely win this war, good always prevail over evil.

This is good news, gradually we are getting there.
Another thing is to grant full autonomy to local government to bring governance to the grassroot.

Buhari why can't you groom a younger nigerian and support him for 2015, must everything be about you. You are 70 and above you deserve to retire from active politics.

If the northern populace can rise against boko haram, I can assure you that will be their end. Good move there

na waoh this is not funny at all

First half

More goals boys chelsea 2 fulham 0

Goal terry

Nice save cech

So far chelsea is playing very well

Moses why nah

Somebody is competing with t a orji for the post of most ______ governor in nigeria. Smh

Plz next time say this fo0l hv started again, he is not representing anybody. Thanks

Angel_777: This people have started their stupidity again. Will they ever learn? never!!! and if they are insulted back, they will be shouting 'tribalism'. only one word i have for you now "FOOL"

good move

some of you guys that will never see anything good in nigeria sorry for una ohhhhhh, there have been significant improvement in power supply unless you are living under the bridge.
Power supply is the only area that i can score gej high for now, though there is still room for improvement we will surely get there.
God bless Nigeria.

I dont know why this patrikobi of a guy will not find something meaningful to do with his time, keep on deceiving yourself

Is this a joke or what

My dear calm down, what the woman is saying is that employment should be done on merit period.
Besides if truly we are all nigerians why will anybody be losing sleep because a nigerian is occupying one position or the other.

shymexx: What the feck are you on about? This woman is "educated" and "exposed" enough to do things without ethnic sentiments... No one's holding Igbos to a higher standard - Igbos just like shooting themselves in the foot...

It's all about tribe with you savages in that country - how about get the most qualified people with proven problem solving skills to get the country out of the doldrums? My tribe this, my people that - who gives a fvck?

Good sermon Gumi

This salary needs to be reviewed downward, this is what the opposition should be agitating for if they truly have the interest of nigerians at heart with that they will win many followers

gbosaa: mr..keep quiet...those boys are very young and under 17..

ur kid brother no de eat balanced diet.
stop comparing him with the eaglets.

stop feeding ur kid bro with kpomo..it has no nutrients.

. Lol u baaaaad

This match suppose reach like naija 8 ghana nil

Nicepoker: u ave started wit dis ethnic rival again. Na igbo people alone de 9ja? Dont wory boko boys wil soon send una 2 extinction

. U and the guy are just the same, u are wishing death to an entire race; that is bad

Chelsea is winning this one

This is good and motivating news, congratz to the ladies for making naija proud