EX-MILITARY ADMINISTRATOR FLAYS NORTHERN ELDERS, SAYS NOBODY HAS MONOPOLY OF WISDOM.
By #thewillnigeria.com
SAN FRANCISCO, June 03, (THEWILL) - The Deputy National Chairman of
the South – South People’s Assembly, Air Commodore Idongesit Nkanga
(rtd), who is also a former military governor in Akwa Ibom State, has
carpeted Northern Elders over their condemnation of the emergency rule
declared by President Goodluck Jonathan in Borno, Yobe and Adamawa
States.
Nkanga specifically singled out chieftains of the
Northern Elders Forum (NEF) and Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF) such as
Alhaji Lawal Kaita, Prof. Ango Abdullahi and others for their attack on
the Jonathan administration over the emergency rule issue.
In a
statement issued in Uyo, the Akwa Ibom State capital, weekend, Nkanga
described Nigeria as a complex nation where nobody has the monopoly of
wisdom to lead or govern.
Maintaining that the Northern leaders
were only fanning the members of ethnicity by their condemnation of the
Presidential declaration, the former governor said all Nigerians are
equal stakeholders in the nation building process and there is no second
class citizen in the country.
He also described as “Enemies of
Nigeria people” those who are opposed to the declaration of state of
emergency by the president without any viable alternatives.
“Discerning Nigerians are persuaded by the vituperations of some of
these people and groups, especially the Northern Elders Forum (NEF) and
Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF) to believe that there is indeed a grand
design to make Nigeria ungovernable for President Jonathan,” he said.
Nkanga added that “Whereas several public commentators and leaders
across the country have applauded President Jonathan for the courage to
take this action in the face of atrocious and criminal killing by Boko
Haram and other sects in the country, people like Alhaji Lawal Kaita and
Prof. Ango Abdulahi have continued to fan embers of ethnicity and very
myopic political ambitions to condemn and even threaten the audacity of
Mr. President to do so.”
He maintained that those condemning the
Jonathan administration are only being driven by inordinate ambition for
power rather than the interest of the generality of the people.
“Every discerning Nigerian is in agreement that the very foundation of
our unity as a people and sovereignty as a country that rest on the
crest of our secularity has been threatened by the notorious activities
of criminal and terrorist organisations like the faceless Boko Haram
group.
“It is extremely sad that those who should join ranks with
the president to proffer solution to the ceaselessly insensitive
killings, maiming and destruction of lives and property in universities,
church and bus stations are busy attacking and condemning the president
for the atrocious activities of their brethren,” the former military
administrator said in the statement.
He said it was President
Jonathan's desire for peace in the country that made him to hearken to
the demand of the Northern leaders to grant amnesty to Boko Haram to the
chagrin of other Nigerians, especially after the terror unleashed by
the group on innocent citizens.
Nkanga lamented that despite
this, Lawal Kaita and Ango Abdullahi still find comfort in vilifying the
president just to satisfy their insatiable lust for power.
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