The National Social Contract Initiative, NSCI, condemns attempts to link the administration of President Goodluck Jonathan to the twin bomb explosions that rocked the city of Kaduna on Wednesday, allegedly carried out by suspected members of the Boko Haram terrorist group.
While we condemn the masterminds of the deadly blasts, we feel it expedient to advise opponents of the Jonathan administration to desist from playing politics with the security challenges facing the nation.
The linking of President Jonathan and his government to the alleged assassination attempt on Gen. Muhammadu Buhari is in our opinion unwarranted, malicious and a calculated smear campaign by opponents of the President to cast aspersions on President Jonathan ahead of the 2015 general elections.
Since the President came to power, his government has never been associated with any evil plans against ‘Politically Exposed Persons’ in the country. Rather, he has been a victim of vicious, misguided and unrelenting attacks from certain elements within the country bent on truncating his re-election as President for selfish and sectional interests.
If reports that the leader of the terrorist Boko Haram group, Mallam Abubakar Shekau had in the past threatened to kill some prominent Northern leaders, including Gen. Buhari are anything to go by, it is clear that the Boko Haram sect has a wicked plan to plunge the nation into disaster and chaos.
The NSCI joins millions of well-meaning Nigerians to give gratitude to God for sparing the lives of Gen. Buhari and Sheikh Dahiru Bauchi.
We therefore caution that the terror attack in Kaduna and other places should not be politicized by Nigerians. Instead, all efforts must be geared towards assisting the Federal Government end the insurgency.
We hereby condole with the government and people of Kaduna State over the unwarranted carnage, and loss of human lives. Also, we wish those victims who sustained varying degrees of injuries as a result of the blast, quick recovery.
The NSCI appeals to the terrorist group and their collaborators to seize the opportunity provided by the holy month of Ramadan to sheath their sword and end the killing of innocent Nigerians.
Also, we enjoin Northern Traditional Rulers, religious and prominent opinion leaders as well as other Nigerians to open avenues of dialogue with leaders of the Boko Haram terror sect so as to end the bloodletting and wanton destruction of lives, and property in the country.
Signed:
Onazi Adadu Onazi
Assistant National Publicity Secretary, NSCI
...and it's some people somewhere that are sponsoring these barbaric & inhuman acts Ooo! My God bring them to book & frustrate & their plans IJN.
ReplyDeleteLinking the Presidency to the insurgency is parochial...every Nigeria whose loves this country must assist the FG to unmask those behind the acts of terror....politicizing the issue wouldn't produce tangible results. God will frustrate the agents of B/H and return peace to our dear nation.
ReplyDeleteI believe the bomb attack was staged so that Buhari will gain sympathy and thereby exonerate himself from the very child (Boko Haram) He nurtured. They now want to put it on PDP. We are not foolish, we know better. The years of pulling veils over our eyes are over.
ReplyDeletewhy am I not surprised? it's APC...a party without ideology, made up of aggrieved politicians who will stop at nothing to take over power, their propaganda has failed them.
ReplyDeleteIts quite unfortunate that went something happens in the country, instead of citizens/people/party members to look for solutions, they accuse and insult the president. its unfortunate lives were lost but this could be another APC planned work just to point fingers at PDP (my thought)
ReplyDeleteThis attack might have been staged or not. whatever the case may be, they should refrain from putting blames on the office of the presidency.
ReplyDeleteBros., thank God for saving the lives of the General and Sheik; Ubangiji has again saved us from another round of senseless killings. Imagine the chaos the country would have been plunged into had anything untoward resulted from the Kaduna twin attack.
ReplyDeleteI commend Generals Buhari and IBB for condemning the attack and calling on all Nigerian to join hands with the President to bring the blood letting to an end. Their statement is the stuff of statesmen. Insecurity and insurgency must be seen as an affront to our collective unity, peace and progress. Looking at it from the prism of Political party affiliation, ethnic and religious inclination is myopic.
Its about time El-Rufai and his likes come down from their inflammatory high horse; wild and unsubstantiated allegations, will only increase hate and disunity in the polity which may consume everyone including himself.
In the words of Gen. Buhari, "Nigeria is the only country we call call our own"...we must join whoever is in leadership by making suggestions, contributions and positive criticism which will move us forward. Well done. Wishing your pen more ink.
Hmmm! just to remind Nigerian that when one finger points at u, the rest are directed to d pointer. so Buhari had a melo- drama to create an impression, just as its making roundas now.
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