Jonathan isn’t bothered about Boko Haram, all his focus is to remove Tambuwal – APC

The All Progressives Congress, APC, has accused President Goodluck Jonathan of sabotaging his own
Administration’s war against Boko Haram on the altar of personal vindictiveness and political
desperation, an action that is unbecoming of a self-respecting national leader.
In a statement issued in Abuja on Thursday by its National Publicity Secretary, Lai Mohammed, the
party said just because he was so desperate to oust Aminu Tambuwal as the Speaker of House of
Representatives, President Jonathan ensured that the House could not meet as scheduled on Thursday
to consider his request for an extension of the State of Emergency in Adamawa, Borno and Yobe States.
”For a President who has severally stated his administration’s commitment to the battle against the
insurgency in the North-east, is it not a cruel irony that he allowed his personal ego and political
desperation to override his sense of propriety, by moving to have Mr. Tambuwal removed instead of
having the House of Representatives sit to consider his request?
”Does anyone need any more evidence that the president’s sole preoccupation is how to win the 2015
elections, rather than the fate of the hundreds of Nigerians who are daily being killed and maimed at the
epicentre of the insurgency? Had he been genuinely committed to the fight against the insurgents, would
the president not have allowed the House to sit to consider his request? How does he feel now that the
entire National Assembly has been shut down because of his capricious action?” it queried.
APC said because of his meddlesomeness in the affairs of another arm of government, and also his
blatant disregard for a court order that the status quo be maintained on the issue of the defection of the
Speaker to the APC, the President on Thursday suffered a moral and political defeat that will hunt him
for a long time to come.
“The plot was simple: The presidency decided to use the reconvening of the House as an opportunity to
remove the Speaker. While Deputy Speaker Emeka Ihedioha was accorded a presidential ride into the
premises of the National Assembly, House Speaker Tambuwal was barred from entry by the hordes of
security agents who have been deployed solely for that purpose.
“Their plan was to ensure that, with Mr. Tambuwal locked out, Ihedioha would preside over the
reconvened House and the Speaker will then be removed. The consideration of the request to extend the
State of Emergency was not important to the Presidency. The fate of the Nigerians who are suffering
from the insurgency, which has displaced 1.5 million people, does not bother the Presidency. All it
wanted is to remove Tambuwal.