The national chairman of the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Alhaji Adamu Muazu, has taken on the opposition All Peoples Congress headlong on the issue they most use in running down the current administration – terrorism.
He said if it was that easy, there would have been no terrorism in Afghanistan where the best militaries in the world had been battling it for 10 ten years, in a statement signed by the Chief Press secretary to the PDP national chairman, Tony Amadi.
“What the Nigerian opposition All Peoples Congress should think about is why Afghanistan with the combined presence of America, Britain, France and other North Atlantic Treaty Organisation, NATO, armies have not succeeded in halting Taliban insurgency in the past decade,” Mu’azu said. “Why have al-Qaeda, El Shabab or the various insurgency groups around the world not disappeared from the face of the earth with the military might ranged against them?”
He added: “What the opposition party have failed to do is to cooperate with government in fighting terrorism to reduce the incidence of insecurity in the land as is international best practice. In Britain, Prime Minister, Dave Cameron and Opposition Leader Ed Miliband only agree when their national security is threatened. In Nigeria, APC would rather confirm their unholy alliance with Boko Haram as they have done in one of their public utterances.
“The administration of President Jonathan will continue to ensure that terrorists of all shades are rooted out of our dear country.”
He reiterated that the forthcoming 2015 Election campaign of the party would be based on issues and President Jonathan’s record since he came to power as Acting President and later President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.
“Politics may be a game, but games have their rules,” Mu’azu noted. “Politics is not always about lies and spin doctoring. PDP will in this election show the light so that the blind opposition may find their way in the murky waters they have spurn in their wake. The straw that they hold dearly is the matter of insurgency, making it look like President Jonathan personally created insurgency and invited Boko Haram to take over Nigeria.”
