The recent war of words between former Osun state governor, Chief Bisi Akande and President Goodluck Jonathan seems to be getting messier.
The All Progressives Congress, APC, has asked President Goodluck Jonathan to go to court if he felt insulted by a statement by its National Chairman, Bisi Akande, that he is running a kindergarten presidency.
In a statement on Monday, APC spokesman Alhaji Lai Mohammed, said Chief Akande merely told the truth by his characterization of the Jonathan presidency, adding ”Isn’t truth a defense to libel?”
”In the true character of this presidency, its increasingly irreverent and undignified spokesman failed to respond to the issues raised by Chief
Akande, and instead chose to haul abuses at a man who is old enough to be his father. Such an irresponsible act does no credit to the spokesman or the president he is serving, and Nigerians will definitely not forget such crudity in a hurry.
”Where is the presidency’s response to Chief Akande’s assertion that he has written two letters to the President over the serious challenges facing the country, without getting a response? Where is the presidency’s response to Chief Akande’s assertion that President Jonathan is witch-hunting political opponents? These are the issues that Nigerians are interested in, not how many hours the President sleeps at night because he is supposedly working tirelessly.
”In any case, if indeed this President is working tirelessly, we need to ask who he is working for, because Nigerians have yet to feel the impact of his administration. They are also not interested in the fact that the President once served as a deputy governor, governor and Vice President, because the experiences he supposedly garnered from doing so have not impacted positively on his duty as President. That’s not a surprise, considering that the President owes his meteoric rise in politics to luck and destiny. Nothing else!” the party said.
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Daily trust
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