Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, chairman of the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN), on Wednesday described the declaration of a State of Emergency in Borno, Yobe and Adamawa States by President Goodluck Jonathan as a dangerous trend in the art of governance and a deliberate ploy to subvert constitutional democracy.
Tinubu said that keen observers have been left with the unmistakable conclusion of the existence of a surreptitious but barely disguised intention to muzzle the elected governments of these states for what is clearly a display of unpardonable mediocrity and diabolic partisanship geared towards 2015.“It is now abundantly clear that President Jonathan has finally bared his fangs confirming what was widely speculated,” he said in a press statement, stressing that by the action, Mr. Jonathan has intimidated and emasculated the governors of these States.
“Borno and Yobe states have been literally under armies of occupation with the attendant excruciating hardship experienced daily by the indigenes and residents of these areas. This government now wants to use the excuse of the security challenges faced by the Governors to remove them from the states considered hostile to the 2015 PDP/Jonathan project.”
He warned that the administration is in effect setting in motion a chain of events the end of which nobody can predict, as actions such as this one often give root to radical ideologies and extremist tendencies that are a direct opposite of the intended outcome of unwarranted and unintelligent meddlesomeness.
“The present scenario playing out in the country reminds one of the classical case of a mediocre craftsman who continually blames the tools of his trade for his serial failure but refuses to look at his pitiable state with a view to adjusting,” he said.
Chief Tinubu further warned that Jonathan’s pronouncement, which seeks to abridge or has the potential of totally scuttling the constitutional functions of Governors and other elected representatives of the people, will be counterproductive in the long run.
“A State of Emergency already exists in the states where JTF operates,” he pointed out, noting that residents of the affected communities live in constant fear and their rights are violated with impunity under the guise of searching for terrorists in their respective domains.
“Hiding under some nebulous claims which border on the intractability of the security challenges posed by Boko Haram or some acclaimed traditionalists who have killed some policemen to render ineffective the constitutional powers vested in elected Governors and other representatives of the people, perceived as not amenable to manipulation for the 2015 project amounts to reducing serious issues bordering on the survival of the country to partisan politics,” he said.
The ACN chieftain called on all those who love Nigeria genuinely to advise the federal government not to tinker with the mandates of the governors of Borno, Yobe and Adamawa under any guise, calling it a “potentially destructive” path to take.
“If security of a society is about the protection of lives and property of the citizenry, the involvement of the people is a sine qua non to effective intelligence gathering,” the statement said. “Any measures put in place which alienate the people, in particular their elected representatives, should be considered as fundamentally defective by every right thinking person in the country.”
ACN na wa o,try and see something good in this government and applaud it for ones.
I now sincerely belive that Asiwaju Ammed Bola Tinubu is one of the many problems Nigeria has, infact he is a suspect/ sponsur of Boko Haram not because of anything but just so that this Government will fail, Pls help me tell Asiwaju that power belongs to God, you dont get to power through propagander, condemnation, defamation of charracter etc. 2. Help tell him again that THE SOCIETY HE IS ABUSING TODAY WILL TAKE REVENGE ON HIM TOMORROW.
God bless GEJ, and the Federal Republic of Nigeria.
The declaration of state of emergency by Jonathan has a political motive towards 2015 general election. I do not really know Jonathan’s plans. Is it to destroy the northerns or to win an election by all means? His days are numbered insha Allah.
Tinubu u must be out of ur senses, 4rm dis ur coments one can easily evaluate dat u r one of d indirect pepertrators of Boko haram dat hs bn cos insecurity 2 dis Nation. U r a failure 2 dis nation,I regret d day I kw u. Fool
Why is insecurity is been related to politics remember people are dying every day. I guess ASIWAJU WAS relating it to politics because nither Him nor any of his FAMILY members was involved in the live lost so far
Asiwaju bola pls,don’t bring reproach to yoruba community and don’t use unwise statement to ruin your good status and the respected ACN party.GJ had tried his own personal best to cub northern insecurity by earnesty program but this people rejeted it .May i ask u what have u done in your power without political ambition to help the govt to overcome bh ,if there’s no any good contribution from u,don’t critize mr president unconstructivly .let all political elders work together to restore normalcy in nigeria
I can now categorically say that Tinubu has some brain problem courtesy of those Indian hemp that he normally take. Why can’t you and ur errand boy Lai for ones see any thing good in Jonathan govt ? thieves
After you kill Fuso willlllem. Tinubu you are a fool this man his one of “omo-ale” castard from yoruba land.
It is a saying evil communicatn corrupt gud manner. C wat their merging wit cpc has caused….he can no longer say d truth.
God, i nw knw dat diz bola man rankz amazingly high in d order of fools…how can sum1 who claims to b rational and has d interest of Nigeria say sumtin diz stupid!!…if he thinks he knws a better way to rid d country of diz islamic maniacs then he shuld help us otherwise he shuld close his mouth and stop criticizing people who are trying to help…It is obvious dat Nigeria will b hell wit diz people(ACN and CPC) in power…i think PDP wit all it flaws is still better of…at least d devil u knw is betta dan d self acclaimed angels u are trying to knw
What is wrong with tinubu? Why is he bent on politicising every effort of Gej? Him n the northern elders say it is poverty that punished the young men into insurgency but how come they were able to acquire such heavy war arms including anti aircraft guns. Now am beginning to suspect tinubu and his APC agenda.
Olu u re right. Pls let us ask bola tinubu why he had to kill funsho williams? Funsho was whom the lagosians wanted but tinubu killed him , why why why?
This just confirmed your chicago university scandal,you’re a stack illiterate,tout & a drug addict,you’ll never get any public office again,eat the one you stole from Lagos state government.
We are not surprise, he can see anything good in the government until he takes over to loot like he’s doing in lagos and ACN states. We know very well that he interest is only the treasury of Nigeria, not the interest of Nigerians. A man who converted the State Polytechnic to his own empire, is here castigating the President. A man who was working a fuel attendant in USA is today a billionaire because he was a governor. A man with questionable character is here talking, besides he has nothing to tell Nigerina apart from 2015 and his Aspirin cum Asiwaju Criminals of Nigeria.