Pres. Jonathans supporters are over- heating the polity with incendiary comments - APC The All Progressives Congress (APC) 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 Chiefs stature. In a statement issued in Lagos on Monday by its National Publicity Secretary, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, the party said Chief Clarks comment, which was widely reported by newspapers, is the latest in a string of statements by President Jonathans 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.
Posted on: Tue, 09 Dec 2014 14:18:46 +0000
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