Metuh terror-link allegation, wild, irresponsible -El-Rufai




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Metuh terror-link allegation, wild, irresponsible -El-Rufai



A former Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Malam Nasir El-Rufai on Sunday dismissed comments attributed to the National Publicity Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party, Chief Olisa Metuh, as a futile attempt to divert attention from its governance deficits.


El-Rufai said Metuh’s comments were consistent with the PDP’s habit of making wild statements and irresponsible conjuncture.


He said this posture reflects the strong synergy between that party and its government whose record is a long litany of incompetence, insensitivity, impunity and needless deaths.


This was contained in a statement signed by his Media Adviser, Mr. Muyiwa Adekeye.


The ex-minister was reacting to claims by Metuh that his recent comment about the 2015 general election was sufficient evidence of his involvement with Boko Haram insurgents.


He accused the PDP of offering excuses and blaming others for what was clearly a failure of government.


The statement partly read: “If its officials are not blaming jobseekers for the poor crowd control that led to fatalities, its officials will be busy shirking their duty to uphold the welfare and security of the people.


“Yet every attempt by the PDP government to politicise and trivialise its abject security failures merely reminds everyone that it is not governing.


“The latest statement from PDP spokesman Olisa Metuh is a poor and vain effort to distract attention from governance deficits. His tool is to distort words from leading opposition politicians, and they misname his resulting concoction as evidence.”


He urged the PDP to be wary when it comes to the subject of twisting other peoples speeches because it was equally vulnerable.


El-Rufai recalled that after the October 1, 2010 bombing in Abuja, President Jonathan was engulfed in the unedifying spectacle of trying to absolve the organisation that had claimed responsibility for it.


The same scenario repeated itself when the United Nations building suffered a terrorist attack; the president visited the scene to assure Nigerians that it is their turn to experience some of that global scourge.


The former minister also referred to media commentaries which he said have reflected some concerns about whether terror persists because the government sees political advantage in it.


He also said with schools, towns and army barracks still being attacked in the North-East, it is clear that our gallant security forces need to be better resourced and led to secure lives and property.


He wondered why the ruling party has been unable to take its so called evidence before a competent court of law.


Efforts to reach former Head-of-State, General Mohammadu Buhari, were unsuccessful as at the time of filing this report.


However, a close associate of General Buhari and former National Publicity Secretary of the defunct Congress for Progressive Change, Mr. Rotimi Fashakin, dismissed Metuh’s allegations.



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