APC to Jonathan: Tell Nigerians what you know about private jet with $9.3m in SA
The leadership of the All Progressives Congress APC has asked President Goodluck Jonathan to tell Nigerians what he knows on the circumstances surrounding the 9.3 million US dollars that was impounded in South Africa. National Publicity Secretary of the party Alhaji Lai Mohammed, today in a press statement issued in Abuja said the issue […]
The leadership of the All Progressives Congress APC has asked President Goodluck Jonathan to tell Nigerians what he knows on the circumstances surrounding the 9.3 million US dollars that was impounded in South Africa.
National Publicity Secretary of the party Alhaji Lai Mohammed, today in a press statement issued in Abuja said the issue had subjected Nigeria and Nigerians to a global ridicule and urged the presidency to address Nigerians on the matter.
“Military equipment and weapons are not bean cakes to be purchased by the road side. It is absolutely urgent for President Jonathan to clear the air on this alleged off-the-shelf equipment or arms purchase, which runs against all known protocol for such purchases anywhere in the world. There are globally-acceptable protocols for such purchases by governments, otherwise what differentiate a government from an insurgent group that is shopping for arms?” the party statement queried.
According to the party, the resort to “procedural error” is being too clever by half.
“Mr. President, we are aware that each arm of security has an account with the CBN for the purpose of arms purchase and such transactions are properly documented, so why was this not the case in this instance?
“Mr. President, why did it take your government all of 10 days to admit its involvement in this scandal, considering that the embarrassing incident happened since Sept. 5th and was not known until Sept. 15th. Does this saga not give credence to the widely held view that you are indeed benefitting from the the Boko Haram insurgency and that you have deliberately allowed it to escalate to this level?
”Mr. President, has this saga not confirmed the suspicion that your 2015 reelection bid has been factored into your handling of the Boko Haram insurgency? Has this saga not given more credence to revelations that the sponsors of Boko Haram are those closest to the President? Has this saga not finally confirmed that the President knows more than he is telling the nation about the sudden escalation of the Boko Haram insurgency, especially in the run up to the 2015 elections?”, the APC said.
The party also called on the National Assembly to immediately institute a probe into the matter.