Buhari’s Administration Is Criminalising Crime, Not Ethnicity – APC
BY VICTOR BUORO, ABUJA – The All Progressives Congress (APC) on Monday said that the President Muhammadu Buhari administration is criminalising crime and not ethnicity.
The party therefore said that it would not play politics with matters of life and the collective wellbeing of Nigerians.
The ruling party also urged Nigerians not to fall for the plot of those it described as “sectarian opportunists and unpatriotic partisans,” who swarmed the public space with divisive rhetoric in furtherance of their selfish plot to exploit the security situation, stressing that falling for such, was dangerous to national security.
National Secretary of the APC Caretaker and Extra-ordinary Convention Planning Committee, Senator John Akpanudoedehe, who stated these in a statement on insecurity challenges in of the country, said that the party is fully focused on identifying and bringing to book the perpetrators and sponsors of the hydra-headed insecurity monster.
Akpanudoedehe noted that insecurity has found expressions in criminal activities of Boko Haram, bandits, kidnappers, rustlers and recently the highly condemnable attacks on security formations in some states.
Akpanudoedehe said these are the current realities, adding the party is also focused on consolidating on its visible development strides across the country.
He also said; “While the party sympathises with all those affected by insecurity incidents, we call on all to unite against insecurity and criminality.
“Only in safety can we enjoy the current agricultural revolution which has seen Nigeria achieve self-sufficiency in rice and other staple food items.
“Only in safety can we enjoy the current infrastructure revolution that has witnessed the rehabilitation, construction and reconstruction of more than 13,000 kilometres of critical federal roads, construction of thousands of affordable and acceptable housing,’’ the APC scribe said.
Akpanudoedehe said that President Buhari’s charge to the new Service Chiefs to be patriotic and to serve the country well and in loyalty was clear and unambiguous, adding that the country’s security services deserved continued support and cooperation as they undertake their constitutional duty to safeguard lives, property and our territorial integrity.
The APC further said; “In our private and public spaces, we have a duty to be vigilant and to volunteer information on strange and suspicious activities around us.
The APC said that President Buhari government will continue and strategically deploy all state resources in achieving public safety and therefore said that citizens must promote peaceful coexistence, eschew bitterness and unite against insecurity and crime for national development.
