Sequel to the response of the former President Goodluck Jonathan, debunking the allegation of the ‘ll qformer Prime Minister, David Cameron, the All Progressives Congress (APC) have said that the former President need not defend himself as history reckons against him.
According to them, Jonathan should not have responded to the allegation because Nigerians are well aware of his continued negligence towards the matters that concerned the country while he occupied office.
David Cameron in his book “For the Record”, had accused Jonathan of not allowing the British government rescue some of the kidnapped Chibok girls who were kidnapped on April 14, 2014.
Jonathan responded dekunking the allegation and calling Cameron as a liar.
He said:
“I would urge the public to take Mr. Cameron’s accusations with a grain of salt. I will not be the first person to accuse him of lying on account of this book, and with the reactions in the UK so far, I definitely will not be the last.”
He also said that the former British prime minister targeted him because he refused to legalise homosexuality according to TheCable.
TheCable then reported that Lanre Issa-Onilu, APC spokesman, in a statement on Saturday said there was no need for the former president to deny the allegations because Nigerians know of his negligence.
“Denying or arguing against the truth is not going to change anything at this stage. Nigerians already know the story of Jonathan’s habitual negligence to matters of state,” he said.
“The Chibok schoolgirl’s abduction and his ‘sleeping behind the wheel’ is not a story to deny as it is already part of our national history.”
According to the APC spokesperson, apportioning blame should not have been the former President’s response, but that rather, he should have taken responsibility for the failure of his government to rescue the girls.
“What is important now is Jonathan explaining to the families of the abducted schoolgirls why as president he did nothing for two weeks after the Chibok abduction and still refuses to take responsibility for the tragedy up till now — except he continues to blame the Chibok abductions and other failings of his administration on the so-called grand conspiracy against him,” Issa-Onilu said.
“The current administration’s reactions and actions after the similar and unfortunate Dapchi schoolgirls kidnapping is a pointer to how a responsive government should act.
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“That Jonathan government was corrupt was actually half of the story. The full story is that corruption hallmarked the successive 16 years administrations under the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). It is shameful that anyone is even defending it.
“Corruption is PDP’s political ideology. This fact is already cast in stone. Nigerians do not need Cameron or anyone else to tell us how corrupt and ineffectual the PDP era was.
“As a consequence, Nigerians voted out the PDP administration in 2015 and elected the President Muhammadu Buhari-led APC administration to clear the mess the 16-year PDP administration left the country.”