has said the comment by Chief
Edwin Clark, that if the opposition
has its way it can poison or kill
President Goodluck Jonathan just to
take power, is absurd, incendiary
and unbecoming of an elder
statesman of the Chief's stature.
In a statement issued in Lagos on
Monday by its National Publicity
Secretary, Alhaji Lai Mohammed,
the party said Chief Clark's
comment, which was widely
reported by newspapers, is the
latest in a string of statements by
President Jonathan's supporters that
are overheating the polity ahead of
the 2015 general elections and are
even threatening the peace and
unity of the country. "We have
waited for several days to give Chief
Clark the opportunity to deny
making such a fallacious statement,
but he has not done so, which
means he was not misquoted and
that he indeed meant what he said.
"It is time for the President himself
to call his supporters to order for the
sake of the peace and unity of our
dear nation. They have been
threatening fire and brimstone if the
President is not re-elected in 2015,
as if elections are won by threats.
One has even gone as far as saying
there will blood on the streets if the
President is not re-elected," it said.
APC said in making his dangerous
comment, Chief Clark probably
mistook the party for the PDP, which
has been described as the nest of
killers. "Our party has never and will
never contemplate killing or
poisoning President Jonathan just to
take power, as Chief Clark carelessly
said. We are neither a violent nor an
anarchic party. We do not seek
power by any means other than
through the ballot box. Therefore we
reject, totally, the statement by
Chief Clark. "We remind Chief Clark
that since President Jonathan was
voted into office by Nigerians, they
also reserve the right to vote him
out of office. This is the way it is
done in every true democracy, and
heavens will not fall if President
Jonathan is not re-elected in 2015.
His supporters should put their
emotions in check and stop making
comments that are downright
treasonable," the party said.
Posted By David Aniemeka
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