The All Progressives Governors Forum (PGF) has said that President Goodluck Jonathan should be held responsible for Wednesday’s bomb explosion that was allegedly targeted at former Head of State, Gen. Muhammadu Buhari (rtd).
A statement issued yesterday by the APC governors noted that the assassination attack on Buhari was coming just two days after he urged President Goodluck Jonathan to stop waging war on Nigerians and to devote more time and energy to the war on terrorism.
The statement said: “The PGF also lends its voice to General Buhari’s statement to President Goodluck Jonathan, that it is unwise and against the spirit of social democracy that so many innocent lives should be lost simply in the quest to demobilise the APC and retain power at all costs.
“Clearly, the federal government has failed in its fundamental responsibility of providing security for Nigerians, yet it is quick to point accusing fingers at the opposition in order to shift the blame for the low-intensity war going on in parts of the country.”
Continuing, it said: “Particularly worrisome is the statement credited to the Chief of Army Staff, Lt. General Kenneth Minimah, that soldiers were deserting the Army for fear of Boko Haram. Our question is what happened to the vast sums of money devoted to security and defence in the last four years of the Jonathan presidency and is the desertion of soldiers linked to the theft of monies meant for military equipment?
We call on the federal government to take urgent and radial steps to investigate the assassination attempt and make its finding public. In the meantime, we urge President Jonathan to manage his obsession with power and work for the citizens of this country.”