APC TO JONATHAN: DONT USE CHIBOK GIRLS FOR POLITICAL GAINS The All Progressives Congress (APC) has advised President Goodluck Jonathan to effect the release the school girls abducted in Chibok over six months ago. The party said in a statement issued in Abuja yesterday by its National Publicity Secretary, Lai Mohammed that the president should avoid seeking to make political gains out of their release. ‘’Mr. President, tongues are wagging that you know where the girls are and that you want them to be released only when it will give you the maximum political advantage. We don’t know if this is true or not, but if it is, please release the girls now” it said. The statement added that “it is cruel and unconscionable for anyone to use these girls as pawns on a political chess board. They have now been in captivity for over six full months. Please end the agony of the girls’ parents and indeed of all Nigerians.” APC said the president’s nonchalance since the abduction of the girls suggested that he knows more than he is willing to admit on the issue. ‘’First, the President waited for all of 19 days before even admitting that the girls have been abducted, losing a critical window of opportunity to rescue them from their abductors. When eventually he was forced by global pressure to admit that the abduction is real, Mr. President and his wife chose to subject the girls’ parents and others to untold verbal assault and mental torture,” the APC said. The party said from the ongoing, it is clear that President Jonathan has consciously manipulated the abduction of the girls for maximum political advantage. ‘’It is clear that President Jonathan has suddenly shown more interest in their release after his consensus nomination as PDP candidate for next year’s elections. Our appeal, therefore, is for the President to allow the immediate release of the girls, rather than wait for when it will give maximum boost to his political fortunes,’’ it said.
Posted on: Fri, 17 Oct 2014 15:29:23 +0000
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