INSECURITY: APC Berates Maku Over Comments

The opposition All Progressives Congress (APC) has declared as unfortunate the comments credited to Information Minister Labaran Maku, that the FG was spending significantly on security in three of the APC-controlled states, noting that such statements implied that the office of the president is vacant.

The honourable minister, while speaking at the weekly Federal Executive Council (FEC), had drawn the attention of Nigerians to the entire money federal government had spent to maintain security in states controlled by the APC.

According to the Party, Maku by that statement has proved that President Goodluck Jonathan is only the president, leader and chief executive officer (CEO) of PDP and not of Nigeria.

In a statement issued on Friday in Lagos by its national publicity, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, the APC described Maku’s comment as “a tragic and insensitive statement from an honourable minister of the Federal Republic about children, some of whom are minors with neither political leaning”.

“The campaign to rescue the abducted girls has now been clearly polarized and politicized by the federal government. So sad, so unfortunate, so callous, so mean, so irresponsible, so brazen, so not parental, so not governmental,” it added.

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