The Presidency has warned
the All Progressives Congress (APC) that it should be ready to face
consequences of treason.
The was made known in a
statement signed by the President Goodluck Jonathan’s Special
Adviser, Reuben Abati.
The Statement read thus
”We have noted with utter disdain, the reckless and
irresponsible call by the APC on Sunday for the National
Assembly to commence impeachment proceedings against President Goodluck
Jonathan.
Ordinarily, we would not have
dignified Alhaji Lai Mohammed’s latest vituperations in the service of
his paymasters with a response, but we thought it necessary to warn that the
Federal Government will not standby idly and let the nation be plunged into
unnecessary crises and political instability because of the desperation and
apparent readiness of the APC spokesman and his gang of power-seeking
desperadoes to sacrifice the well-being of the country on the altar of their selfish
personal ambitions.
The Presidency totally condemns
the decision by Alhaji Mohammed and his party to move further beyond the bounds
of honourable and acceptable political conduct with the senseless call for the
impeachment of a President who continues to sincerely devote himself to the
discharge of the sacred mandate freely given to him by Nigerians.
The APC, which remains a
minority party with doubtful credentials in the National Assembly, knows fully
well that its attempt to hector and blackmail a Parliament dominated by loyal
members of the President’s party, the PDP, into an impeachment process, will
come to nothing.
But it has cavalierly embarked
on this outrageous gambit, with scant regard for peace, order, security and
political stability in the country, in furtherance of its dastardly and
heinous strategy of over-heating the polity and working to cause public
disaffection against the Jonathan Presidency with lies, false accusations
and unjustifiable indictments ahead of the 2015 general elections.
The emptiness and hollowness of
the APC’s call for President Jonathan’s impeachment will be obvious to all
objective and discerning Nigerians who read through the statement issued by
Alhaji Mohammed today. It was long on self-serving rhetoric and falsehoods, but
lacked a single clearly defined charge on the basis of which any plausible
impeachment proceedings against the President can be initiated.
All that the APC could offer in
justification of its absurd and hare-brained impeachment call was a rehash of
its well-worn litany of baseless accusations against the President, including
some for which culpability should be laid squarely at the doorsteps of its own
leaders and some of their new friends.
The Presidency also considers it
utterly deplorable that the APC has, in its Machiavellian desperation to seize
control of the Federal Government, recklessly assailed the integrity and honour
of the Nigerian Judiciary in a callous attempt to pre-empt the outcome of
the case legitimately brought against it by some of its new friends by
the PDP.
Alhaji Mohammed’s unscrupulous
effort to drag the nation’s judiciary into its murky political warfare and his
readiness to intimidate and blackmail members of the bench so as to
secure a favourable outcome for his party in the pending case clearly shows
that nothing is beyond the pale for him and the APC in pursuit of their quest
for power.
The Jonathan Administration does
not need Lai Mohammed or the APC to remind it of its constitutional
responsibility for the security and well-being of Nigerians. The President will
continue to do his utmost best to achieve positive national transformation in
all areas in spite of efforts by the opposition to thwart or disparage the work
of his administration.
In this regard, we have noted
the undisguised threat by the APC to foster public insurrection against the
Federal Government if pending legal cases go against it. We urge Nigerians to
take special note of this boastful indication of an intention to resort to
lawlessness.
The Presidency warns that the
APC and any persons who make themselves its willing tools for the breach of
public order and safety will be made to face the full sanctions of the law.
Those who are threatening fire and brimstone should be ready for consequences
of treasonable action.
The APC’s false copy-cat
allegation that 1, 000 snipers are being trained by the Jonathan
Administration clearly shows that they are now in cahoots with some other
elements who are bent on discrediting this administration and inciting the
public against it.
President Jonathan is running a
people’s government. He does not need any snipers. His legitimacy comes from
the people. Those who are alleging the existence of snipers should step forward
and provide the evidence or shut up forever and go down in history as spineless
cowards, driven by sheer greed and indecency.
We dismiss the APC’s call for
the President’s impeachment as opportunistic, partisan and ill-motivated.
We call on patriots to make the
necessary distinction between such reckless violations of civic duty and the
urgent need to protect the integrity of the Nigerian nation against those who
for selfish reasons have declared their readiness to stop at nothing.”
Source:Vanguard
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