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| Mr. Charles Aniagwu, Delta's Information Commissioner. |
For
misinforming Deltans and the general public on the true position of things on the
uncouth and immorsal language and threat to women made by some soldiers in a
video that has gone viral, the All Progressives Congress (APC) Delta State has
demanded the resignation of the State Commissioner for Information, Mr. Charles
Aniagwu.
The party
made the demand in a statement signed by its publicity Secretary, Barrister
Sylvester Imonina, in which the party also demands an apology from the Delta
State Government.
Noting that
the primary purpose of every government is to protect her citizens from
external aggressors and those who do not mean well for her citizens, the APC
decried a situation where overzealous soldiers threatened to unleash mayhem on
women in Warri, and rather than condemn such threat the state government went
ahead to use soothing words to calm the nerves of Deltans through its Commissioner
form information without investigating the truth or otherwise of the
allegation.
Imonina
stated: “What baffles Deltans and people of goodwill is the speed of light with
which Delta State Government came out to create an excuse for those soldiers!
Whose interest was the State Government, through her Commissioner for
Information serving?
“Information
in the news, available to APC, Deltans and Nigerians says that the soldiers who
issued the said threat were later found out to be serving soldiers in
9-Brigade, Ikeja military Cantonment, Lagos State. They have been arrested by
the Authority. We say, Thank you to the Nigerian Army and other security
agencies for the security architecture put in place in fishing out those
soldiers.
“Presently,
what baffles Deltans and people of goodwill is the speed of light with which
Delta State Government came out to create an excuse for those soldiers! Whose
interest was the State Government, through her Commissioner for Information
serving?
“The
Commissioner for Information ought to know and should know that ‘a threat to
any Deltan(s)is a threat to the collective corporate existence and sacred
humanity’.
“But for the
responsive and prompt actions of the Nigerian Army, the Commissioner for
Information was sowing seed of hatred among Deltans that perceived
"political enemies were the ones trying to create confusion in Delta
State". In recent times, it is audible to the deaf and clear to the blind
that Delta State Government play politics with every constructive criticism,
meant for the good/welfare of Deltans!
“APC, Delta
call on the Government of Delta State to apologise to Deltans for the
embarrassment and misguided statements used against Deltans and those whose
interest is a better Delta State for the good of Deltans. There is no
gainsaying the fact that Delta State Government goofed on this present issue of
security threat to Deltans. Deltans deserve apologies.
“Because of
the colossal embarrassment caused Deltans by the Commissioner for Information,
most Deltans have lost confidence in him. They can no longer trust the
Government, with information coming through him. We therefore call on him to
resign from that exhorted position honourably. That is the right thing to do at
this point.”
Full text of
the statement reads:
Press
Release
Threat
Video: APC chides Delta Government for taking side with Soldiers, demands
apology
The primary
purpose of every Government is to provide, and protect her citizens from
external aggressors and those who do not mean well for her citizens. That is,
the welfare of the people is the most important duty of government.
Based on an
ugly incident resulting to recent death of one Mr Pessu, who lived in
Warri, information was rife in the
social media that some angry youth allegedly molested some men on uniforms.
Though, the action of the youth was said to be a spontaneous reaction to the
shooting to death of the said Mr. Pessu, discerning mind/most Deltans expressed
their disenchantment with the reaction of the youth and/ or what happened.
Meanwhile,
as a fallout of the above, some overzealous soldiers threatened to unleash
mayhem on women in Warri. Shockingly, instead of Delta State Government's
condemnation of such threat, and using soothing words to calm the nerves of
Deltans, the Government, through its Commissioner for Information, told
journalists, without investigating the veracity or otherwise of the threat issued
by the misguided soldiers, feebly tried to cast aspersions/doubt on the viral
video, to the effect that the video was concocted to create confusion and
defame the Nigerian Army.
Information
in the news, available to APC, Deltans and Nigerians says that the soldiers who
issued the said threat were later found out to be serving soldiers in
9-Brigade, Ikeja military Cantonment, Lagos State. They have been arrested by
the Authority. We say, Thank you to the Nigerian Army and other security
agencies for the security architecture put in place in fishing out those
soldiers.
Presently,
what baffles Deltans and people of goodwill is the speed of light with which
Delta State Government came out to create an excuse for those soldiers! Whose
interest was the State Government, through her Commissioner for Information
serving?
The
Commissioner for Information ought to know and should know that "a threat
to any Deltan(s)is a threat to the collective corporate existence and sacred
humanity".
But for the
responsive and prompt actions of the Nigerian Army, the Commissioner for
Information was sowing seed of hatred among Deltans that perceived
"political enemies were the ones trying to create confusion in Delta
State". In recent times, it is audible to the deaf and clear to the blind
that Delta State Government play politics with every constructive criticism,
meant for the good/welfare of Deltans!
APC, Delta
call on the Government of Delta State to apologise to Deltans for the
embarrassment and misguided statements used against Deltans and those whose
interest is a better Delta State for the good of Deltans. There is no
gainsaying the fact that Delta State Government goofed on this present issue of
security threat to Deltans. Deltans deserve apologies.
Because of
the collossal embarrassment caused Deltans by the Commissioner for Information,
most Deltans have lost confidence in him. They can no longer trust the
Government, with information coming through him. We therefore call on him to
resign from that exhorted position honourably. That is the right thing to do at
this point.
We call on
Deltans to continue to tow the line of peace. There is no better option to
peace, if we must achieve Delta of our dream.
Once gain,
we appreciate the Nigerian Army/security agents for apprehending those soldiers
who issued out the threat, capable of sending fears and causing confusion in
Warri and her environs. The Nigerian Army had once again shown that it is a
responsible organization.
Sylvester
Imonina, Esq.,
Publicity
Secretary, APC, Delta State.
3rd of
April, 2020.
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