APC Calls For Inquiry To Unravel Boko Haram Sponsors
The All Progressives Congress (APC), which is constantly accused of supporting Boko Haram has called for an international inquiry into the activities of the terrorist sect so as to unravel its modus operandi and sponsors.
The party called on the International community to also unravel any individual or group that may have links with the insurgents, so that debate over who is behind the insurgency will be solved once and for all and also efforts to tackle it will be facilitated.
This was disclosed in a statement issued in Lagos on Sunday by the party's National Publicity Secretary, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, Vanguard reports.
The APC said the inquiry should include intelligence experts from the US, UK, France and Canada, representatives of the UN and Nigeria’s neighbours Cameroon, Chad and Niger, as well as representatives of the Nigerian military and other security agencies, especially the police and the Departments of State Security, Governments of the states worst-hit by the Boko Haram insurgency, including Adamawa, Borno, Yobe, Kano, Bauchi and Jigawa, the Federal Capital Territory, the Christian Association of Nigeria, the Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs, Civil Society Organisations, the Nigeria Labour Congress, the Trade Union Congress, National Human Rights Commission, the Nigerian Bar Association and any other relevant individuals or groups.
The party also said major political parties, including the Peoples Democratic Party and the All Progressives Congress, must be represented on the panel of inquiry.
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The statement reads in part, "These accusations and insinuations have become so virulent and have indeed reached a level where one begins to wonder whether those behind the finger-pointing are actually trying to divert attention from their own culpability and whether they have even more sinister motives for their finger-pointing.
"Whatever their motives are, let the international inquiry we are seeking be launched urgently. Anyone opposed to this call for an international inquiry will have a lot of explanations to make to Nigerians as well as to the international community.
"We hope the PDP-led federal government, which has led the incessant but baseless campaign to point accusing fingers at the opposition, especially our party the APC, will give its total support to the immediate constitution of this international panel of inquiry. On our part, we pledge our total support for this inquiry anytime it is launched, but hopefully very soon."
The party said that the findings of the inquiry must be made public and those found to have any links with the insurgents be made to face the full wrath of the law, adding that the daily killing and abduction of innocent Nigerians must end.
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APC, which is barely one year old, has been continuously accused of aiding Boko Haram. Last month, Mr. Femi Fani-Kayode said Boko Haram was the armed wing of APC.
Source: Legit.ng
