The Presidency has attacked Chief
Akin Osuntokun, a chieftain of the Coalition of Nigerian Movement for allegedly
claiming on Tuesday that a bomb blast occurred on Eid-el Kabir day in
Maiduguri, Borno State, killing 88 people.
The Special Adviser to the President
on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina, in a statement on Thursday said making up
such stories shows the ill wishes the politician had against his own country.
Adesina urged Osuntokun and
others to realise that Nigeria is the only country they have and they cannot
swallow poison and expect it to kill the next person.
The statement read, “On Tuesday,
August 21, 2018, Akin Oshuntokun, a chieftain of the stillborn Coalition for
Nigeria Movement, appeared on Politics Today programme of Channels Television,
and made the false claim that a bomb blast had gone off earlier in the day,
killing about 88 people in Maiduguri, Borno State.
The statement said, “Oshuntokun,
a newspaper columnist and public affairs commentator, has never hidden his
antipathy towards the Muhammadu Buhari administration, but to go on national
television and tell lies of the most heinous kind betrays a mind taken
completely over by ill wishes against his own country.
“Sallah Day had passed quietly
and peacefully, without even a firecracker going off, let alone bomb blast.
That was contrary to what used to happen before the advent of the Buhari
administration when such festivals were turned to orgy of killings in many
parts of the country by insurgents.
“Apparently, enemies of peace and
progress had expected a return to the infamous past, thus Oshuntokun appeared
on television with his bag of lies.
“When those on the programme
remonstrated with him that they were not aware of any bomb blast on that day,
he stood his ground, all in a futile bid to puncture the successes recorded by
the government in the area of security.
“Till the Sallah holidays ended,
no bomb blast was recorded in any part of the country, to the shame and
discomfiture of the naysayers.
“One wonders: if there were bomb
blasts, and more than 80 people truly died, what would be the gain of anybody,
except those who have become blinded by malediction and morbid wishes? Is
carnage something now to glory about? Is the struggle for power now so ghoulish
that some people have lost their humanity over it?
“Oshuntokun and his ilk should
realise that this is the only country we have, and we can’t swallow poison and
expect it to kill the next person. What we sow is what we reap.
“Happily, however, those for a
peaceful, united and cohesive Nigeria are more than those against it. That is
why those with baleful, hateful thoughts would never win.
“The tripod goals of securing the
country, fighting corruption, and reviving the economy are central to the
Buhari administration. Government is making strides in the three areas, and the
conquests continue.”
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