It’s a disgrace to celebrate Chibok’s recapture –Oyegun

It’s a disgrace to celebrate Chibok’s recapture –Oyegun

The National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, Chief John Odigie-Oyegun, on Monday said it was a disgrace for the military to celebrate the recapture of Chibok from Boko Haram.
Oyegun said this while receiving completed presidential expression of interest and nomination forms, from former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar, in Abuja, on Monday.
The party chairman explained that Nigeria had been so mismanaged that the rag tag Boko Haram sect was having a field day while the ruling party was busy orchestrating impunity in Ekiti State.
He said, “Today, we are celebrating a victory, how disgraceful? A country like Nigeria? 170 million people, Boko Haram drives you out of Chibok then you manage to reinforce and come back and drive them out and you are celebrating? What is there to celebrate?”
He enjoined Atiku and all other aspirants for the party’s sole ticket to bear in mind that they were seeking for an opportunity to tackle the enormous challenge the PDP’s misrule had plunged the nation into.
Oyegun said, “That is the extent to which this nation has degenerated and that is the responsibility that falls on your shoulders.
“Have it in your heart, (and) at the back of your mind that you are dealing with a nation that needs salvaging, with a nation that needs redemption, with a nation that is virtually at the edge of the precipice and we are dealing with a party that just does not care, and even if they care, they don’t know what to do to get this nation out of the precipice.”
According to him, the need for change becomes evident with each passing day. He condemned the action of seven members of the Ekiti State House of Assembly who purportedly impeached the Speaker of the 26-member House of Assembly.
He also said the APC was proud of all its presidential aspirants for running a mature campaign for the ticket.
In his remarks, Atiku said he was grateful to the party leadership for giving him the privilege to be the first to collect his nomination forms and the first to submit same.
He also said, “Let me assure you, Mr. Chairman, we will continue to be loyal and dedicated party members no matter the outcome of this election.
“I want to, therefore, use this opportunity, Mr. Chairman, to return the two forms; expression of interest and also the nomination forms duly completed and accurately.”
Earlier, the Adamawa State Chapter of the APC had endorsed Atiku as its candidate for the party’s presidential ticket.
The state Chairman of the party, Binta Garba, who was flanked by all members of the executive council, said, the state executive unanimously adopted the former Vice President.