National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Prince Uche Secondus said that the full scale return of Boko Haram attacks in the north-east has further depicted the insensitivity of President Muhammadu Buhari to happenings in the country.
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Secondus said that the President is far away from the reality of the dangerous dimension of the return of the deadly sect in the north-east, adding that the Buhari administration has continued to thrive in deceit and grave concealment of the truth.
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Addressing the 89th emergency meeting of the PDP’s National Executive Committee (NEC) Thursday in Abuja, Secondus said it is revealing that President Buhari expressed shock that the Boko Haram sect still exists.
He said that “we are already used to our President not knowing what is going on in the country, even though as President, the bulk stops on his table.
“The President may have been deceived by the intelligence reports from his field men who continue to indulge in propaganda of claiming that the sect has been defeated even when the situation is worsening with banditry and kidnapping spreading all over the states.
“Nothing exposes the President’s insensitivity and distance from the reality and from the people like his shock that Boko Haram still exists.
“But, what do we expect when the President’s chief security adviser, Babagana Monguno is at loggerhead with the President’s number one aide, Abba Kyari? Your guess will be as good as mine on why this administration cannot move this nation forward.”
Secondus said the security situation in the country has refused to abate and nothing concrete is being done by the government to ameliorate it, and stop the senseless killing of innocent Nigerians.
Lamenting the state of the nation, the PDP national chairman said under the Buhari administration, Nigeria is being run on auto – pilot.
“Our country is in a very bad shape; the populace are groaning in pains and the government response is heaping of further pains on them. This country is sliding into bankruptcy.
“Amidst the frightening insecurity accompanied by mass killings that has set fears on the people, what you get from government is multiple tariffs, VAT and continued indulgences in lies and propaganda.
“The truth about this country is that Nigerians don’t really know who is in- charge. It appears that governance is on auto-pilot with government agencies in a free world harassing and intimidating perceived enemies.
“The judiciary which is supposedly, a sacred institution that midwives democracy has been put under intense pressure by agencies of government,” he asserted
These and many other issues, he insisted are demoralizing and urged Nigerians not to despair “because God is not finished with this country and with faith in him we shall overcome.”
Speaking on the need for transparency in the conduct of party congresses in 26 states, the Chairman, Board of Trustees, Senator Walid Jibril urged the party’s leadership to ensure that the party comes out rancour free, stronger and more united in the states.
He specifically, warned that the party to avoid the pitfalls of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Zamfara state and charged the leadership to appoint members versed in party principles and policies to screen aspirants and conduct state congresses.
Governors of Rivers, Bauchi, Delta, Abia, Bayelsa, Akwa Ibom and Ebonyi states were present while the Cross River and Zamfara state governors were represented by their deputies.
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