The Presidency described a memo written by Governor Murtala Nyako of Adamawa State to the Northern Governors' Forum as a sad betrayal of trust by a major beneficiary of Nigerian nation.
The memo highlighted Governor Nyako's fears that the Presidency may intentionally not be doing enough to solve the many problems of insecurity in the North. Reacting to the claims, the Presidency said the Governor's positions smacks of "an unmitigated leadership disaster."
Senior Special Assistant to the President on Public Affairs, Dr. Doyin Okupe, said the content of the governor's letter betrays his lack of a sense of history. According to Okupe, the memo portrayed the governor as incapable of rising above parochial sentiments as a result of his deep rooted disdain for facts and truth in public discourse.
The SSA, who said the memo is extremely divisive, added that it was intentionally meant to incite one section of the country against the other.
"Governor
Nyako claims that President Goodluck Jonathan is from the Eastern
region which according to him was responsible for the killing of
Northern political elites on the 15th of January 1966. This is a very
disgraceful remark by the governor and a pathetic embarrassment to the
Nigerian Military from where Nyako derives his career antecedents. It is
certainly a reflection of the Governor’s ignorance and unpatriotic
inclinations."
"Similarly, the
Adamawa State governor referred to the Boko Haram terrorist group as a
'phantom organization' which he believes does not exist! How
hypocritical? In his unwise and desperate attempt to demonise the
Federal Government, Governor Nyako likened the military operations
against insurgents to the activities of German dictator, Adolf Hitler.
"In
his befuddled mind and apparent hallucination, the Federal Government
should be held responsible for the activities of insurgents in the North
East and the sad killings, wanton destruction, murder and kidnapping of
school children as well as other horrendous activities of Boko Haram
should be hung on the neck of the Federal Government!
"He
therefore invited his colleague northern governors to join him to sue
the Federal Government. This definitely defies common sense and portrays
Mr. Nyako as unfit for the hallowed position of a state governor.
"It
is obvious that Governor Nyako's opposition to the declaration of a
State of Emergency in three affected states of the North East as well as
his repeated calls for the withdrawal of the Military from troubled
states without any credible alternative or security road map, is an open
endorsement of the activities of the insurgents which is meant to
provide them unrestricted opportunity to further unleash terror on
innocent citizens in order to precipitate chaos, further instability,
mayhem and anarchy, a situation which they intend to exploit to
undermine the administration and truncate our growing democracy. This,
Nigerians will surely not allow to happen."
Okupe restated the federal government's "continuous
determination to defeat terror and restore peace to every part of
northern Nigeria so that every law abiding citizen can go about with
his/her socio economic pursuit without let or hindrance."Nyako retaliates
Reacting to the presidency's statement same day, Governor Nyako said the response by the Presidency to his memo to Northern Governors has further proved that those running the Federal Government are too arrogant and confused in their handling of the affairs of the country.
Accusing the Presidency of telling lies and feeding the public with untruth in its response to his memo to fellow Governors of the northern states on the activities of the dreaded Boko Haram Islamic sect and other issues of insecurity, Nyako, in a statement by the Director, Press and Public Affairs in the Government House, Ahmad Sajoh, said it is now very clear that President Goodluck Jonathan is very complacent about the insecurity in the northern part of the country.
According to him, "They
arrogate all knowledge and wisdom to themselves alone. We hold the
statements we released as true and challenge those who claim to have a
sense of history to cut-off the use of jaundiced semantics to address
the issues raised in this and several other documents before it. By
telling black lies about the attack on Governor Nyako which was never
investigated nor ascertained, the Presidency is providing further proof
that it knows more than it is willing to admit in the whole saga."
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