Apc Warns Jonathan to Stop Threatening Asuu

AFTER meeting for about five hours in Abuja, All Progressive Congress (APC)leaders issued yesterday a damming verdict on the state of the nation.

The party scolded President Goodluck Jonathan for handling security and the Boko Haram insurgency with “political naivety”.

It urged the President to dust up the Lemu Panel’s Report and compensate victims of the insurgency.

Besides, the party advised the President to show leadership by working with striking university lecturers instead of threatening them.

It accused the Federal Government of using anti-graft agencies to persecute governors and perceived political enemies.

The party expressed regrets that the police had been turned into a wing of the Presidency and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to deal with opponents.

It said the deployment of the police for intimidation and coercion in some states is against the principle of federalism

The APC, which made its position known in a communiqué at the end of a strategic session at the Kano Governor’s Lodge in Asokoro District, Abuja, said Nigeria was becoming a neo-fascist state.

The session, which began at about 8.30pm on Tuesday, ended at about 12.20am yesterday.

In the communiqué, read by its National Chairman, Chief Bisi Akande, the APC leader said while corruption has remained endemic under the Jonathan’s administration, the government is compounding the situation with abuse of anti-graft agencies.

The party said: “Since the declaration of State of Emergency in key Northeastern states affected by the insurgency, life and property have been under severe attacks.

“A large number of residents have been displaced and forced to migrate to adjoining states or outside the country. These victims have been uprooted from their homes, families and jobs. They have lost hope in the ability of their country to protect them.

“Clearly the State of Emergency has failed. To make the matters worse, the elected governors and the other stakeholders of the areas are ignored and totally excluded by the Federal Government agencies.

“Never since the Nigerian Civil War has a major military establishment been so grounded as the onslaught on the military base in Maiduguri on December 2nd, 2013.

“This gradual deterioration of security and mounting civilian casualties are symptomatic of the failure of intelligence, political naivety and disconnect between the Jonathan administration and current realities of the Nigerian situation.”

The APC demanded compensation for victims of insurgency.

It said: “The...