The Special Adviser to the President on
Media and Publicity, Reuben Abati has replied Northern Elders who gave the president
October ultimatum to provide the Chibok girls or forget about a second term
ambition, saying such statement is misguided and misadvised.
In a
statement in Abuja yesterday, Dr Abati said nobody was in a position to give
ultimatum to the president of Nigeria.
The
statement reads in part:
“Nobody is in a position to give the President
of Nigeria an ultimatum. For anybody to pretend that they can give the
President and the federal government of Nigeria ultimatum, such persons are
engaging in a game of self-delusion. Beyond that, the kind of statements they
make are incorrect because it is very clear even to the blind, the deaf and the
dumb that this administration has made the fight against insurgency and
terrorism a high priority level engagement for the government.
“President
Jonathan has personally ensured that the war against terrorism is topmost on
the international agenda and that Boko Haram has become the focus of
international outreach against any form of terrorism, evil acts, assault on our
common humanity and civilisation. He has mobilised concerted international
action. He has deployed resources at the disposal of the Nigerian government
and also within the sub-region to combat.
“For him,
the sanctity of human lives is what is important. And he has said it again and
again that this government will leave no stone unturned, this government will
stop at nothing and will do everything within its powers to ensure that the
will of the insurgence does not prevail. If the Northern Elders Forum were to
be a patriotic group, they would be expressing support as members of the
National Assembly have done again and again and as other enlightened groups in
this society have done again and again.
“For Mr.
President’s efforts to bring the nightmare of terrorism to an end, if the
members of the elders forum were to be patriotic, they would be carrying the
flag against Boko Haram, they would be directing their frustration at terrorists
and they would be speaking with one voice to say terror is unacceptable, to say
that terror is evil, they would be saying that they as ‘elders’ are prepared to
support the effort of government at all levels to ensure that terrorists, both
at the government level and at the community level are brought to their knees
and that the affected parts of the country are made safe for everybody".
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