The Peoples Democratic Party
(PDP) has alleged that the acts of terrorism and current violence in
Nigeria are being sponsored by unpatriotic elements whose aim is to
discredit President Goodluck Jonathan. The
ruling party declared that the plan was to distract and detract the
president and to ruin the transformation agenda, so as to portray him as
non-performing and finally ridicule his score card when time reckons. The National Publicity Secretary of the PDP, Olisa Metuh, issued the appropriate statement on March 18, 2014, Tuesday.“We
recall statements by some politicians, vowing to make the country
ungovernable for President Jonathan on the eve of the 2011 general
elections, and therefore adjure Nigerians to rise against this brute
ideology of violence from which a tiny clique of the political class
intends to benefit ultimately. It is the climax of wickedness only heard
of the Lucifer in the distant bosom of hell fire,” Metuh said. SEE MORE AFTER CUT>>>>>>>
The
national secretary said President Jonathan was being ‘persecuted’ for
no other reason than being a Nigerian from the minority, arguing that no
leader in the history of the country had faced the height of
persecution that the president has been subjected to since he assumed
office. The PDP
further added that this was in spite of the president’s humility and his
fidelity to the orthodoxy of all democratic norms and values.
“This
[persecution] is in spite of his proven commitment to the unity and
progress of every party of Nigeria irrespective of tribe and religion.
Ironically, this is in spite of his proven competence and record
delivery of his electoral promises,” Metuh said.
The
ruling party called on all well-meaning Nigerians to resist anyone
behind the sectarian violence and insurgency in the country and shore up
support for the president in his efforts to deliver the dividends of
democracy to the people.
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