Presidential Campaign Council of All Progressives Congress (APC) has accused President Jonathan of not being serious about the welfare and safety needs of members of the nation’s security personnel, saying that he has shown that he could trade the welfare and security needs of the security personnel for political gains.
A statement by the Campaign Council in Abuja today said it is for reason of political exigency and to carry on with his “gentleman image’ indicating a posture of ‘cannot hurt a fly’ that the President has failed continuously as a Commander-in-Chief. It accused him of his inability to mobilize the security forces and to provide them with the necessary leadership to accomplish their objective.
The statement, signed by Director, Media and Publicity of the campaign, Mallam Garba Shehu, noted that the attitude of the Jonathan government to the cruel fate that befell more than one hundred policemen and operatives of the Directorate of the State Security Services (DSS) who lost their lives while on a mission to arrest the Spiritual Leader of the notorious Ombatse cult in Nasarawa State, last year, is yet the most glaring example of how callous and uncaring a government which claims to be democratic can be.
The statement said that in serious countries, the government would not toy with the lives and well-being of its security men such that any act of violence visited on the personnel of the security establishment is taken as tantamount to an assault on the nation as a whole.
It gave the action of the US and French authorities at the time terrorists attacked their Police personnel on duty as a case in point, saying that they did not rest until the perpetrators were eliminated even as investigation is still continuing to get to the root cause of the assault to prevent future occurrence.
It said that in the case of the Ombatse killings of Nigeria’s security men, the administration of President Jonathan displayed incredible levity that shocked the nation and left a sour taste in the mouth of relations and families of the unfortunate slain security men.
The APC Presidential Campaign asked the President to reflect on the way he handled the massacre of the nation’s policemen and DSS operatives in May 2013 in Nasarawa State.
“This becomes necessary because President Jonathan has been telling the country during his ongoing political campaign that he cares about our security personnel. This cannot be true.” [myad]
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