By Luminous Jannamike
ABUJA — The Allied People’s Movement (APM) on Wednesday alleged that the All Progressives Congress (APC) had questions to answer over its ‘reported connection with bandits’, saying the ruling party’s fierce opposition to Oyo State Governor Seyi Makinde’s call for a United Nations-backed investigation into the abduction of schoolchildren and their teachers was suspicious.
The opposition party said the debate had moved beyond Makinde’s appeal for an international probe, arguing that the intensity of the backlash from APC leaders had shifted attention to why some political figures appeared uncomfortable with an independent investigation into one of the country’s most disturbing security incidents.
The position was contained in a statement by the APM’s National Publicity Secretary, Abubakar Yusuf, who accused senior APC leaders, including Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Senator George Akume, and Senator Adams Oshiomhole, of attacking the governor instead of supporting efforts to establish the facts surrounding the abduction.
“Perhaps APC leaders have something to tell Nigerians regarding their party’s reported connection with bandits. This is especially against the backdrop of earlier confession by a former APC leader that the party’s leaders imported terrorist elements from neighboring countries as political mercenaries in the build-up to the 2015 general elections,” Yusuf said.
