ABUJA —THE presidency, yesterday, took a swipe at former Governor of
Lagos State and leader of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Asiwaju Bola
Tinubu, for seeking the resignation of President Goodluck Jonathan.
A statement by the Senior Special Assistant to the President on
Public Affairs, Dr. Doyin Okupe, said it was clear that Tinubu and other
leaders in the APC who made the statement were merely seeking to enthrone
anarchy in the country.
The statement read in parts: “The assertion by Senator Tinubu at
a political rally in Ilorin, Kwara State on Wednesday that in “civilized”
societies, the President should have resigned is unfounded and lacking in
historical precedence. We challenge him to tell Nigerians which part of his
“civilized” world has there been a call on a President to resign during an
on-going war.
“When terrorists attacked the United States of America in
September 2001, leaders of the Democratic Party did not demand a resignation of
President George Bush but rather they rose in defence of the American nation to
support the various measures taken by the President to defeat the Al Qaeda
terrorists.
“It is perhaps necessary to remind the APC leader that it was
leading members of his party who vehemently opposed and openly criticized the
proscription of the Boko Haram sect by the Federal Government in 2013 with some
of them even going as far as describing it as a move against the North while
others tried to incite the Civil Society to condemn this anti-terrorists act.”
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