Attack on NASS: Nigerians must hold Jonathan Responsible – Tinubu

Chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Ahmed Tinubu has called on Nigerians to hold President Goodluck Jonathan responsible for the attack on the Speaker of House of Representatives, Aminu Tambuwal and other members of the National Assembly in Abuja.

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Reacting to the development in a statement yesterday, Tinubu noted that by deploying hundreds of policemen to prevent the Speaker of the House from entering the National Assembly, the President had revealed his hand to be a devious one.

“By deploying hundreds of police to prevent the Speaker of the House from entering the National Assembly, the President has revealed his hand to be a devious one. Having asked the Speaker to convene the House to consider extending the state of emergency in Adamawa, Borno and Yobe states, the Jonathan government then deployed the nation’s police to stop the fourth ranking citizen of the nation from entering his place of work,” he said.

He pointed out that the hands of the president and his men were written all over the invasion of the National Assembly, noting that no commissioner of police would ever embark on such an action without the clearance of the Inspector General of police, just as no IGP would order his men out here without approval by the presidency.

The statement noted that instead of seriously treating Boko Haram’s incursion against our internal security, the President’s men have decided to turn the event into a partisan and embarrassing circus, adding that such an action amount to nothing but brigandage masquerading as governance.

He continued, “thus, Nigerians are in a precarious situation. In the face of the menace of Boko Haram’s terror and rampage, members of the loyal opposition have extended the hand of cooperation to this government often and without condition. We have provided suggestions on fighting the group and winning the hearts and minds of the people. Had the Jonathan government taken these suggestions, things would not be as they are today. This government scoffed at our help. Even when the Speaker answered the call of duty, as a patriot should, Jonathan and his men were more concerned with setting an ambush for him than in resolving the serious matter at hand. For them the only serious matter was their political standing. While the opposition has been loyal to the nation, Jonathan and the PDP led government have not. This is the point of our greatest departure from the course.”

Attack on NASS: Nigerians must hold Jonathan Responsible – Tinubu