The Peoples Democratic Party has said no amount of allegations against President Goodluck Jonathan can exonerate the All Progressives Congress of blame for insurgency and wave of violence ravaging some northern states of the country.
PDP National Publicity Secretary, Olisa Metuh, in a statement on Monday in Abuja, alleged that the body language and inciting utterances of APC leaders, including their Presidential candidate, Gen. Muhammadu Buhari(retd.), had served as fuel to the raging flame of terrorism.
He said that by going to the international media recently to distance themselves from complicity and in turning round to blame the PDP, he said the APC was asking Nigerians to suddenly grow forgetful of the barrage of statements by their leaders that he alleged promoted insurgency.
He said, “Nigerians have not forgotten the spontaneous violence and mayhem on innocent citizens following inciting statements by Buhari and other APC leaders then in the defunct CPC, upon losing the 2011 presidential election.
“The APC leaders have so far left no Nigerian in doubt of their party’s violent disposition as General Buhari in May 2012, remorselessly stated that ‘the monkey and baboon will be soaked in blood’ should he lose the election.
“Nigerians have also read and heard other ricocheting calls for violence and threats of parallel government from other leaders of this same party. These are not just mere slips but incontrovertible snips from the agenda of the APC to sustain insurgency and set the stage for carnage after they lose in the 2015 general elections.”
