The All Progressives Congress, APC, has condemned the African Democratic Congress, ADC, and the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, for what it described as “mindless and unpatriotic” reactions to the recent military threat issued by US President Donald Trump against Nigeria.
APC’s National Publicity Secretary, Felix Morka, stated this on Wednesday during an interview on Arise Television’s Prime Time programme.
Morka also criticized opposition parties for attempting to politicize the issue, calling their actions “irresponsible and despicable.”
He said the US government, led by Trump, must ensure that any decision or statement regarding Nigeria is based on accurate information. He warned that actions taken on the basis of false narratives could have far-reaching consequences for the entire West African region.
Morka noted that any military action against Nigeria could trigger instability across neighboring countries, stressing that cooperation between both nations was the best approach to combat terrorism.
He said: “But you see, whatever it is the United States government of which President Trump is leader has a responsibility to ensure that he gets the facts straight and right on this matter, because any decision or action that is predicated on false argument, or false narratives, what I call some conjured narratives about Nigeria, will not affect Nigeria alone. It will affect every other country within this region.
“Our borders are open if anything goes on in Nigeria, when Nigerians feel threatened by any kind of military action from the United States, look, all of the neighboring countries will be implicated in this specter of reaction and counter reaction.
“So I think that this is needless. We can tackle this problem more efficiently if the United States Government will partner with Nigeria to bring any support or assistance that they can muster to the theater to defeat terror that I know the United States stands vehemently opposed to.
“I think that beyond those who are manipulating the situation, for instance, look at the Nigerian opposition, why would ADC and the PDP, be issuing statements that are so mindlessly, unpatriotic. It’s wrong. I think there’s a time for national reckoning. There’s a time for politics. This is not a time for self serving.
“Senseless political noise making that is coming out of the opposition, the a country, a foreign country, is issuing a threat to conduct military action against our country, to probably even send boots on the ground, on the soil of the sovereign Nigeria and the political party thinks this is the moment to make a political capital. That is utterly irresponsible and despicable.”
