Jonathan made a mockery of Nigeria by waiting for international condemnation before calling for removal of #BringBackJonathan - APC

The All Progressives Congress today commended President Jonathan for making a mockery of Nigeria and waiting for international condemnation before calling for removal of #BringBackJonathan billboard.

It further described the billboard “a mockery of the #BringBackOurGirls hash tag that has helped to call global attention to the fate of the over 200 girls of Government Secondary School, Chibok, Borno State, who were abducted by Boko Haram militants five months ago and have remained in captivity.

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In a statement on Wednesday by APC National Publicity Secretary, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, the party, however, said the President made a mockery of his administration and his country by waiting for an international condemnation of what it called “the shameless and brazen usurpation of the #BringBackOurGirls hash tag” before issuing the directive to stop it.

APC said, ”Had the US newspaper, Washington Post, not written a stinging editorial, skewing the Jonathan administration for appropriating the BringBackOurGirls hash tag for his re-election, the administration would have continued its brazenness without regards to the feelings of the parents of the girls or indeed the Nigerian people.

”Again, the administration has waited for a global opprobrium before doing what is right. Recall that it took an international media campaign before the Jonathan administration acknowledged, after all of 19 days, that the Chibok girls were missing in the first instance.

“Recall also that it took a 17-year-old, Yousafzai Malala, to make the President realise that he should meet with the parents of the girls, even if he eventually insulted the grieving parents by inviting them to Abuja instead of going to visit them in their abode? It is important that we don’t make a mockery of our own people, so that we don’t become an object of international mockery.”

APC said belated as the President’s directive on #BringBackJonathan hash tag was, it was a good first step that must be quickly followed by another directive, ordering the Transformation Ambassadors of Nigeria to immediately stop its rallies.

The party believed the TAN rallies had offended the sensibilities and intelligence of Nigerians.

APC said, “The noisy and sycophantic rallies being held across the nation, ostensibly to collect signatures from Nigerians urging Jonathan to seek re-election, contrast with the challenges currently facing the nation, which is being dismembered, town by town, by the terrorist group, Boko Haram.