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The absurd will never stop happening
in Nigeria, especially from those in authority mostly at the federal level.
The Presidency on Thursday said its
longstanding view that the agenda of the #BringBackOurGirls campaigners was
confirmed on Wednesday with the presence of the movement’s leaders at the
presidential declaration of Maj.-Gen. Muhammadu Buhari (retd.).
The Special Adviser to the President
on Media and Publicity, Dr. Reuben Abati, made the Presidency’s position known
on his Twitter handle.
Buhari had at the Eagles Square,
Abuja on Wednesday formally declared his intention to contest the 2015
presidential elections on the platform of the All Progressives Congress.
But Abati said the roles played by
an activist, Dino Melaye, and the presence of the #BringBackOurGirls campaign
initiator, Hadiza Bala Usman, at the declaration were proofs of their true aim,
which is to politicise the abduction of the more than 200 Chibok girls.
He wrote, “Our longstanding view of
BBOG movement’s hidden agenda to unseat the Jonathan administration received
full justification yesterday (on Wednesday.)
“Roles played by Dino Melaye and the
presence of BBOG’s initiator, Hadiza Bala Usman at Buhari’s declaration is
proof of the true aim of politicising the agony of the Chibok girls and their
families.
“This is now fully apparent, the
true agenda and prime movers of BBOG movement.”
He wondered whether Usman’s presence
at the declaration was a special recognition of work well done.
Abati urged patriotic Nigerians to
open their eyes and reject what he called the movement’s political partisanship
and unjustifiable Jonathan bashing
He said, “APC chieftains-BBOG
activists. Partisan interest masquerading as altruism. Now, the mask is off!
“Politicising collective agony to
score cheap political points. How sad?
“President Jonathan remains fully
committed to doing all possible to BBOG. He will not be deterred by political
hustlers and agents provocateurs.”
Punch
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