The All Progressives Congress (APC) has said Nigerians must hold President
Goodluck Jonathan personally responsible if the Ebola Virus Disease
spreads more than it has done in the country, after he failed to stop a
rally in his support in Port Harcourt on Saturday, despite warning from
individuals and groups.
In a statement issued on Sunday in Lagos by its National Publicity
Secretary, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, the party said never before has a
President of a country sabotaged his own Administration’s policy and
endangered the lives of his compatriots as President Jonathan has done
over the issue of Ebola.
It said the same President who declared a national emergency on Ebola and
advised against large gatherings to prevent the spread of the virus was
the first to flout his own advice by his failure to stop the rally by the
so-called Transformation Ambassadors of Nigeria (TAN) in Port Harcourt, a
few days after the virus was detected in the city and at a tiEme that
contact tracing was going on to find all those who may have had contact
with the medical doctor victim of the disease.
”On the altar of political desperation, President Jonathan put the lives
of Nigerians in danger. In order to realize his ambition for re-election,
President Jonathan has shown he is ready to sacrifice as many lives of
Nigerians as possible. There goes the President’s statement that his
political ambition is not worth the blood of any
Nigerian. This President simply says what he doesn’t mean.
”As we said in our statement of Aug. 28th 2014 calling on President
Jonathan to halt the TAN rallies, especially the one in Port Harcourt,
could anyone guarantee that none of those who have had contact with the
medical doctor who died of the disease will attend the rally? That is why
we are calling on Nigerians to hold the President responsible if Ebola
spreads more than it has in the country,” APC said.
The party said shortly after it made the call for a halt to the TAN
rallies, others, including the NBA and Prof. Itse Sagay, in a clearly
patriotic duty, issued similar calls.
