BY LINUS CHIBUIKE
THE ruling All Progressives Congress has said it is aware that the security incidents in the country are politically-motivated.
The party claimed that the incidents were being sponsored to discredit and destabilise the President Muhammadu Buhari administration.
According to APC, going by the major role played and the alleged negligent handling of insecurity by the Peoples Democratic Party government, the party is unqualified to speak on how the APC government is tackling insecurity “and the attendant rot the PDP left behind.”
These were contained in a statement signed by the National Secretary of the APC Caretaker Extraordinary Convention Planning Committee, Senator John James Akpanudoedehe.
The APC, however, vowed that sponsors of coordinated attacks to discredit the administration would be fished out and dealt with.
It recalled that the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, became the epicentre of Boko Haram attacks with brazen bomb attacks on the United Nations building, the Police Headquarters, recreation centres, markets, motor parks and the Eagle Square, where foreign heads of governments gathered to celebrate the country’s independence, among others.
The statement read in part, “Lest we forget monies meant to buy arms to fight insurgents was stolen and diverted to private pockets of PDP members and their cronies while Boko Haram seized Nigeria’s territory and hoisted their flags.
“This is no longer the case under the government of President Buhari. Security funds are no longer being pocketed and no inch of Nigeria’s territory is under the control of the now decimated insurgents.
“Aside from emerging security incidents recorded in some parts of the country which is equally being tackled by our security services with great success, the APC is not oblivious of the politically-motivated security incidents being sponsored to discredit and destabilise this government. These evil sponsors and perpetrators will soon be unravelled and made to face the full weight of the law.
“In keeping with our election promise to Nigerians, President Buhari has shown uncommon leadership, intent and capacity to permanently end all security incidents and criminalities in the country.
“So, for the PDP to suggest the country’s security situation is at its worst when it was rejected by the electorate in 2015 shows that its leadership is out of touch with the state of the nation, particularly successes recorded by this government in safeguarding lives and livelihoods of Nigerians.
“The record investments in the procurement of military and intelligence platforms, training and retraining of service personnel by the Buhari-led administation have led to the neutralisation of insurgents, arrests of bandits and kidnappers by our security services.
“While the PDP labours to politicise security incidents in some parts of the country, the truth is this government’s promise of ending insecurity is on course and would soon be realised.
“On a daily basis, insurgents are surrendering to our security services, bandits and kidnappers camps are being sacked, our forests are being cleared of criminal and other undesirable elements. It is clearly no longer business as usual for these criminals as was the case in the previous administration.
“Under this government, the military and other security services have been re-professionalised and re-equipped to meet the growing exigencies of security in the country.
“The APC thanks Nigerians for trusting the President Buhari government to end the security incidents in spite of unpatriotic, insincere and insensitive interventions by the PDP constantly seeking political gains from issues of insecurity.
“While we urge continued support to the military and other security agencies against insecurity, we renew our charge that irrespective of political, religious and ethnic affiliations, it is the right thing to come together in our strive to bring the menace of insecurity to an end.”
