Elder statesman and Second Republic lawmaker, Junaid
Mohammed,Wednesday took on President Goodluck Jonathan for allegedly awarding
multi-million Naira pipeline protection contracts to the Niger Delta militants
of Ijaw extraction.
He described the action as illegal and self-serving,
adding that it was unbecoming of the administration to single out certain
individuals and groups from a particular section of the country for undeserving
economic and financial gratification and empowerment while others languish in
abject poverty and deprivation under a democratic government.
Mohammed who was a former National Assembly adviser
to President Shagari noted that apart from having no place in the laws of
Nigeria, the outsourcing of such security jobs to private armies portend
serious danger to the nation.
On the ongoing war between the Presidency and the
Rivers State Governor, Rotimi Amaechi, Mohammed described the shameful
political development as most unfortunate and a calculated attempt by Jonathan
to witch-hunt and blackmail the Governor for daring to have a mind of his own.
Questioning what the governor has done to be
persecuted by the Presidency, Mohammed asked Nigerians of good conscience to
stand up and resist the attempt by a few elements in the ruling party to muzzle
the voice of dissent.
It would be recalled that former president, Olusegun
Obasanjo had at a church service last week criticized Jonathan’s government for
giving out juicy pipeline contracts to Niger Delta militants, saying that it
was a form of corruption.
According to him, the job should be undertaken by
the security agencies, as part of their core mandate to the Nigeria, DailyPost
had reported.
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