Former Inspector-General of Police, Alhaji Gambo Jimeta
A
former Inspector-General of Police, Alhaji Gambo Jimeta, on Wednesday
accused members of the Northern Elders Forum of sowing seeds of discord
in the country.
Specifically, he accused
the elders of causing confusion in the polity in order to discredit the
administration of President Goodluck Jonathan.
Responding to a comment
credited to the NEF that the Jonathan administration was worse than that
of former President Olusegun Obasanjo, the former police boss accused
the northern elders of being hypocritical in their assessment.
Jimeta said instead of
seeking real solutions to the nation’s problems, the elders “chose
cowardly path to create confusion and mistrust.”
He said in a statement,
“As for the unfortunate comment credited to the Northern Elders Forum
that Jonathan’s government is worse than Obasanjo, it is disappointing
to note that other Nigerians who should have been steering the course of
nation building decided to pull those pillars down by sowing the seeds
of enmity and political hypocrisy in order to distract Nigerians from
the truth.
“Rather than rolling up
their sleeves to actively find solutions to alleviate the suffering of
Nigerians, they chose to pull us backward again and force us to play the
blame game. The hydra-headed monster of collective responsibility in
the nation’s down fall also has thousands of fingers pointing at those
who sit in judgment in the Northern Elders’ Forum.”
Comparing the
administrations of Jonathan and Obasanjo, he said, “How short is the
memory of these Nigerians that they would choose to sweep away the cases
of massive corruption that plagued the Obasanjo administration or the
flagrant disregard of court judgments?
“What about the
elections that brought the violent ethnic and religious crisis? The Jos
and Kaduna crises all happened under his watch. Have they so easily
forgotten the crisis in the aviation industry that saw a season of death
through multiple air crashes?”
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