₦airaland Forum

Obasanjo’s criticism
will make Jonathan
work harder, says
Fani-Kayode
AGAINST the backdrop of its
declaration of support on
Tuesday, the Peoples
Democratic Party (PDP) has
urged the All Progressives
Congress (APC) to explain to
Nigerians its connections with
the Movement for the
Emancipation of the Niger Delta
(MEND).
PDP National Publicity
Secretary, Olisa Metuh in a
statement yesterday said while
the onus lies on the APC to
choose those to work with in its
quest for power, “the
explanation has become
necessary following the public
reactions and concerns trailing
the statement by MEND backing
APC presidential candidate,
General Muhammadu Buhari.
“What exactly does APC have in
common with MEND? Why do
they want to resurrect it?
Nigerians want to know. Are we
also expecting a similar
statement from insurgents in
the north, which initially named
General Buhari to lead the
dialogue between them and the
Federal Government?
“Nigerians are indeed worried
by these developments. We
therefore, urge the APC to
come out clean and explain to
the citizens what they have in
common with these groups,
especially given the statement
by their flag bearer, after the
2011 elections, that the “dogs
and baboons will all be soaked
in blood.”
The party also blamed the
opposition for failing to assist
government in prosecuting
those they accused of
sponsoring terrorist activities
in the country, while also
declaring that it would continue
to respect former President
Olusegun Obasanjo
notwithstanding his comments
against President Goodluck
Jonathan on the latter’s style of
administration.
Director, Media and Publicity of
PDP Presidential Campaign
Organisation, Femi Fani-Kayode
who made these disclosures at
a press conference in Abuja
yesterday said that Obasanjo’s
hard stance would spur
Jonathan’s administration to
more positive actions.
“First of all President Olusegun
Obasanjo also accused Tinubu
of misappropriation of funds
and corruption in his book, he
also accused Gen Buhari of
committing some of the most
heinous crimes against
humanity over the years; they
are contained in his books.
Obasanjo also spoke about
what he believed was the
misuse or whatever of foreign
reserves. He never used the
word misappropriation. What I
will say about that is that our
leader and father, former
President Obasanjo is certainly
entitled to his views and we
thank God that we have a
president that welcomes the
views of everybody about
everything and anything. They
can live in the comfort of that
fact that nobody is going to be
too hard on them in terms of
responses. We continue to
learn from Obasanjo and we
continue to believe that he is a
loyal party member that he
claims to be, we believe that he
is a loyal party member. We
sincerely hope that what he has
said is an attempt to make us
better in the future.”
On the issue of Jonathan’s
alleged lack of capacity to
prosecute persons behind the
Boko Haram terrorists, Fani
Kayode said the opposition
failed to produce evidence to
help in prosecuting those they
accused of backing Boko
Haram.
He wondered why the leaders
of the APC waited for former
Borno State Governor, Alli
Modu Sheriff, before they began
to raise allegations of
supporting Boko Haram against
him.
He also said that PDP’s
insistence that general
Muhammadu Buhari and some
other leaders of the APC were
supporters of Boko Haram
arose from the public
statements those APC leaders
made in the past, adding that
there was no further evidence.
“The fact that we have said that
Buhari made suggestions or
statements in the past doesn’t
mean that the government has
evidence against him. But the
APC has spoken against the
proscription of the Boko Haram
and if they take over, they will
lift the ban on the sect.”
On the issue of capacity to fight
corruption, Fani Kayode said: “If
you really want to talk about
corruption you need to look
about people around Buhari. I
will also want them to point at
themselves. Look at the record
of Bola Tinubu at Lagos State;
was it a corruption free
administration? Look at the
record of Amaechi of Rivers
state who has closed down the
courts in the state simply
because he doesn’t want action
taken against him. For the last
few months no courts has
operated there.

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