₦airaland Forum

Kachi188: STATE HOUSE PRESS RELEASE

BE READY TO PAY THE
PRICE OF TREASON, PRESIDENCY WARNS APC


We have noted with utter disdain, the reckless and
irresponsible call by the APC on Sunday for the National
Assembly to commence impeachment proceedings against
President Goodluck Jonathan.
Ordinarily, we would not have dignified Alhaji Lai Mohammed’s
latest vituperations in the service of his paymasters with a
response, but we 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.
The APC, which remains a minority party 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.
But it has cavalierly embarked on this outrageous gambit, with
scant regard for peace, order, security and political stability
in the country, 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.
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. 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.


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.


Reuben Abati
Special Adviser to the President (Media & Publicity)
December 15, 2013


reubenabati.com.ng/BE-READY-TO-PAY-THE-PRICE.html

Look at this criminals, they are still talking. People that should be putting their defence together for impeachment proceeding which will surely commence very soon.

Abati didn't know that brazen looting of national treasury is impeachable? Abati didn't know that training snipers for the purpose of assassinating political opponents is contrary to the oath taken by Jona and therefore impeachable?

If this NA fails to commence impeachment proceeding, we will force them to do it.

Will that include the morally bankrupt Igbo youths?

Ozin: I am sure the masses of Nigeria are not scared of snipers...who are those scared of snipers? The same people like OBJ,IBB,TINUBU who used assassination to bring down their political opponents. Who is scared to meet GEJ at the 2015 poll?

By the time the rest of Nigerians are ready to kick him out, you can't stop us - you don't have the number nor strength to save him.

Who put the dullard in power? Ijaws? Or ibos that can't make one of their own VP talkless of president?

Nobody is scared - GEJ is the one trying to scare people by training snipers in preparation for 2015.

What does he want to do with snipers in a democracy?

This is not far from the truth - he released Al Mustafa to form a killer squad for him.

JudismphD: Only a man with low sagacity will easily swallow obasanjo trash without with objective view of sinister and satanic motive behind such letter.

Have you investigated the allegations before typing the rubbish above?

Separate the message from the messenger and act first on the later before commenting.

OBJ will lie against a sitting president? Use your head for once.

I think Save Nigeria Group has one visit to make to National Assembly but this time around to demand the impeachment of the crook in Aso rock. This needs to be done now and fast.

Nigerians are ready to storm Abuja for this.

eagle,eye:
Soon, this thread will turn into Yoruba vs Igbos.
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Let's focus on the message please. I am Igbo but I don't always support GEJ simply for the fact that his antecedents from his day as Deputy Governor, Governor and V.P has never been different from what is now doing as the president.
Am not really surprised. Because I am one of those that said in 2011 post election, that my prayer is "For Jonathan to deliver on his campaign promises, and shame us nay sayers"..... But today we are being vindicated.

More of you should talk and suppress the jackass that are giving ibos bad names everywhere including on social media. Otherwise, ibos will soon be isolated and given the old age leprosy treatment in a modern country - unfortunately their won't be exception as long as you have ibo blood.

funnyx: Abeg withdraw that statement in bold with immediate alacrity. Not all igbos are evil, in fact majority of them are easy going and just want to mind their own business. the unfortunate thing is that the good ones usally keep quiet while allowing the emotionally damaged ones to represent the whole Igbo nation as people who are boasters and ethnically/religiously bigoted.

Those words will not be withdrawn until the good quiet people in iboland start speaking up and take over from the Jackass that are speaking for them today.

He should respond or face impeachment. Those allegations if true are impeachable offences and can be seen as a coup against the country.

payless: Explain?

Just wondering how someone would begin to think that Sanusi's letter, Obj's letter, etc are coordinated and also linking Buhari's alleged meeting with OBJ even after Buhari had reacted to the OBJ's letter - agreeing with the allegations raised in the letter but condemning both OBJ and Jona.

Can Sanusi, OBJ and Buhari be working together? The answer is no.

vizboy: well he has every right to air his view,he might be right in some ways but that corruption didnt start with jonathan and will not end with end with him.

Instead of us shouting allover the social media,it time to start acting.

I will keep sayin it Nigeria does not have a political party which has his citizens at heart.

But everyday we come to nairaland killing ourself over them when dey dont actually care about us,if it not igbo vs yoruba,it would be christian vs moslem.

We should start now and start holding leaders cause well if not we are heading no where.

So because corruption didn't start with Jonathan admin means he should not do anything to stop it?

From this response, we know your tribe - the pathetic Igbo tribe.

Abagworo: Ijaws I know actually think like the man. He has done little or nothing for Ijaws in particular and Niger Deltans in general. Majority of those misleading Jonathan are Igbos.

Igbos and their evil ways... Hell fire is the final place.

Nigerians, we should never allow Igbos near the sit of power in Nigeria. Any party that puts an Igbo man as President or VP is doomed. We can't allow animals from evil forests to lead human beings

What is this dullard saying? That there is no truth in all we have been hearing?

Sanusi is working for Buhari? Sanusi is an appointee of GEJ

OBJ is working for Buhari? OBJ is/was a PDP chieftain.

Chima_Agbalajob: Shebi when the time reach now you go hide under mama Kunle bed instead of carry your own AK47 to look for the so called "minority"?, no more "majority" talk then abi?

Anyhow, South Sudan is an example of even a resource poor minority region that broke away. I don't want to mention Eritrea and other examples all over the world. Even the mighty super power Soviet Union was defeated by the "minority" Lithuania and Ukraine! Anyway, my aim isn't to debate you on the internet because cats act like lions on the net.
All Ijaw need to do to bring Nigeria to its knees is simply to destroy all the oil facilities in the land and sea. Which you know will be objective number 1 after GEJ.

They can be destroyed but not only oil equipment will be destroyed, all the living things there will be destroyed as well.

Why are they writing letter before demolishing a building that is obstructing the right of way? It should demolished to the ground.

And who are those many Nigerians that condemned the letter? Stupid foooolish people managing a country.

A minority can't threaten the majority and not even in Nigeria except if he wants the ijaws to regret ever producing a president.

Nigerians will chase him out in 2015 - they should not bother themselves. Waiting to see how the votes of Ijaws and those of villagers from SE will save GEJ.

sincerenigerian: Akpabio dare the governors to leave PDP, guess what, the governors left PDP 48 hours later and the rest is history.

I spoke to the brother of senator Atiku Bagudu (PDP Kebbi) this morning, he said the worst is yet to happen. He said 27 senators and 62 House members plan to move to APC next year. He said negotiation is on going. He said Theophelous Danjuma has been charged with the task of blessing a young presidential candidate. He said Buhari is not contesting as many of us belief. PDP is about to become SE/SS party.

Let's watch how things unfold in 2014.

Good but who is Danjuma to determine or bless the next president? This slave mentality should stop - Nigeria and Nigerians are free from slavery already.

We will determine the person we want - Danjuma is no body to tell us who vote for as our next president.

ujoinme: The only proof of amaechi being ahead of jonathan will be in 2015, If amaechi becomes president or vice president of Nigeria, or his new party is able to out rig PDP from power then can we say he was a step ahead of the president. For now even when Amaechi wins some battles he is definitely loosing the war!

You can only rig where you are popular. For Gej, he will be able to do this in SE and SS. Unfortunately, SW votes alone is more than enough to neutralise whatever manipulation the creek people and those from SE villages do. Tell me how GEJ will rig in the north - he may not even be able to campaign there.

AtlanticBreeze: Never in the history of Nigeria has an election been this massively flawed. Peter Obi came in through the courts and his successor must come through the courts. And may God punish anybody that accuses Ngige of rigging before and turns around to support this sham. Btw, the illiteracy level in Anambra is high.

Igbos, they are still far away from civilisation...

Have you ever come across a new Igbo comer to Lagos? If you have, you will know how backward those guys are.

He should cancel the election - you can't announce a party as the winner of a flawed election and then say sorry to the other parties and their teaming supporters especially when you admitted that the election was sabotaged.

Some people were used to sabotage the election. Good, who used them and to achieve what? Undeserved victory?

The entire process has been serious tainted and the election should therefore be annulled for people to still have faith in Jega

I count even count it again because as you are counting, another shop/kiosk or someone's parlour is being converted to a church. They are all facing or beside each other and in most of the gatherings, you don't have more 3 or 4 people. You see them competing vigorously for customers.

lincolnj88: While gej is building up of 400 almajiri schools to tackle this menace..buhari is busy supporting this boys claiming it is political

Who released this one from Yaba left? Go back there man

And who cares who they elect as their gov?

If you like, bring Ibori back from prison and make him your gov.

roxell120: i prove u wrong because its only akunyili that can raise her head high in this area IN THE WHOLE COUNTRY.ve u heard she returned unspent millions to her office after her medical trip abroad while working PTF?

At least you agreed no Igbo man will make the list - good.

Is this a political gathering or religious gathering? Or UN organising another meeting in Israel?

Nobody is talking about the expenses that will be incurred by this act of profligacy.

How many countries on earth is doing this?

ASUU is on strike, Jonathan flew his entire cabinet to Israel with millions of naira. Any seriously leader will avoid unnecessary expenses especially where it adds no value to the people.

Your wife is in Israel praying for GEJ...

All I know is, no Igbo man or woman will make any serious list.

blaise26.abj:
South- West people are not cows that follow-follow what these thieves in politics permutate. SW has always analysed the situation of things before voting, which is devoid of influence of Tinubu. 2011 elections is an indication of this. State level, people in the SW voted for AC and PDP @ the national level. Drawing from performance based assessment.

The SW people are not fools. I have talked to 3 anti-PDP people ( i'm one myself) and we all agreed that Goodluck Jonathan has tried in the face of daunting challenges. That devoid of those challenges, he would have done a lot more things. The only part that shows lack of progress is the fight against corruption.

Who and who agreed that GEJ has tried? Tell me one thing he has done? You now have power in your village 24x7?

Power situation is getting worse despite the noise about power plant project commissioning.

Corruption is becoming more of way of life.

Tell me one thing GEJ has done to better your life as ordinary Nigerian?

gboss4sure: Mention the Bad GEJ stands for.........

You are a very primitive mumu if you dont know the very bad things GEJ respresents.

- corruption tops the list - the reason he refused to clear his asset. No the country is broke with oil theft reaching a very annoying level and Topolo collecting billions of naira for securing our coaster line. This is after fuel subsidy fraud on the watch of the same Mr "I dont ive a damn".

- Nothing is working - power situation is getting worse and all we hear everyday is noise of commissioning of phantom power projects with nothing to show for it.

- ASUU is on strike and more unions to join

- Lawlessness is reaching a frightening hight in the land with the PDP govs/GEJ fight - river state drama, Abuja drama, etc.

- Nothing done about the rising unemployment - if you are feeding people and some other people depend on you, you will understand what I mean but a student like you may not appreciate it. When you get out of school, you will know.

- Reckless spending

- no vision, no inspiration, no idea.