The All Progressives Congress, APC, has condemned the African Democratic Congress, ADC, and the Peoples Democratic Occasion, PDP, for what it described as “senseless and unpatriotic” reactions to the latest army menace issued by US President Donald Trump in opposition to Nigeria.
APC’s Nationwide Publicity Secretary, Felix Morka, acknowledged this on Wednesday throughout an interview on Come up Tv’s Prime Time programme.
Morka additionally criticized opposition events for trying to politicize the problem, calling their actions “irresponsible and despicable.”
He stated the US authorities, led by Trump, should make sure that any choice or assertion concerning Nigeria is predicated on correct info. He warned that actions taken on the premise of false narratives might have far-reaching penalties for the complete West African area.
Morka famous that any army motion in opposition to Nigeria might set off instability throughout neighboring nations, stressing that cooperation between each nations was one of the best method to fight terrorism.
He stated: “However you see, no matter it’s the US authorities of which President Trump is chief has a accountability to make sure that he will get the info straight and proper on this matter, as a result of any choice or motion that’s predicated on false argument, or false narratives, what I name some conjured narratives about Nigeria, is not going to have an effect on Nigeria alone. It is going to have an effect on each different nation inside this area.
“Our borders are open if something goes on in Nigeria, when Nigerians really feel threatened by any form of army motion from the US, look, the entire neighboring nations might be implicated on this specter of response and counter response.
“So I feel that that is pointless. We will sort out this drawback extra effectively if the US Authorities will companion with Nigeria to deliver any help or help that they will muster to the theater to defeat terror that I do know the US stands vehemently against.
“I feel that past those that are manipulating the state of affairs, as an illustration, have a look at the Nigerian opposition, why would ADC and the PDP, be issuing statements which are so mindlessly, unpatriotic. It’s incorrect. I feel there’s a time for nationwide reckoning. There’s a time for politics. This isn’t a time for self serving.
“Mindless political noise making that’s popping out of the opposition, the a rustic, a international nation, is issuing a menace to conduct army motion in opposition to our nation, to in all probability even ship boots on the bottom, on the soil of the sovereign Nigeria and the political social gathering thinks that is the second to make a political capital. That’s totally irresponsible and despicable.”
