By Ikechukwu Okaforadi
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has reassured Nigerians that the security of the nation is of the highest priority to the President Muhammadu Buhari administration and the government is effectively deploying resources to ensure that all Nigerians go about their activities in peace and safety.
in a statement issued yesterday by the National Secretary of APC, John James Akpanudoedehe, the party said going by the major role played and the negligent handling of insecurity by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) when it was in government, the opposition party is unqualified to speak on how APC government is tackling insecurity and the attendant rot the PDP left behind.
“The PDP apparently chooses to forget how the same insecurity it now desperately seeks to politicise, metamorphosed and festered under its watch which ultimately led Nigerians to overwhelmingly reject it in the 2015 elections through their votes.
“Nigerians still recall how bad things got under the PDP to the extent that Muhammadu Buhari before he was elected President was attacked by terrorists in Kaduna State. The country’s capital, 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 Eagle Square where foreign heads of governments gathered to celebrate the country’s independence, among others.
“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.”
APC, in the statement said it is no longer the case under the government of President Buhari, as security funds are no longer being pocketed and no inch of Nigeria’s territory is under the control of the now decimated insurgents.
It said aside emerging security incidents recorded in some parts of the country which are equally being tackled by security services with great success, the APC is not oblivious to the politically-motivated security incidents being sponsored to discredit and destabilise its government.
It said 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.
