Chairman of Action Alliance (AA), Adekunle Rufai, has said because insecurity is lucrative in Northern Nigeria it has remained unabated as he called on the Nigerian government to diminish banditry and other forms of insecurity in Nigeria.
He said the government has the primary responsibility of securing the lives and property of the people it is governing.
He said this in Abuja at a press conference held at the national headquarters of the party.
According to him: “Insurgency and banditry have become lucrative businesses especially in the Northern part of the country. There is palpable fear that if the status quo remains, banditry will spread to other parts of the country.
“For us at Action Alliance, we reiterate that the most important duty of the government is to secure lives and properties.
“We believe that rocket science is not required before the current administration can find a solution to the security challenges facing the country.
“Government must therefore rise up and make true the promises it made during the last electioneering campaign,” Rufai said.
On the party, the national leadership of the Action Alliance said the party remained united and free of any sort of faction.
Rufai further dismissed the notion of any faction as he maintained that the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has the authentic leadership list which can be verified on the Commission’s website by anybody.
He added that, since the inception of his executives, the party has conducted over 20 elections comprising of the Edo and Ondo gubernatorial elections, several bye-elections, and the FCT Area Council election.
He said that since the expulsion of Kenneth Udeze who parades himself as party Chairman and his associates, Action Alliance has gone ahead to publish a media disclaimer on him and awaits his reaction to the party.
He said the party has a candidate for Anambra election whose name is Barr. Doreen Ifeoma Madunka Arinsa who will be unveiled by INEC as it does other party’s candidates on July 16th, 2021.
“We have only one gubernatorial candidate who was elected on July 1st at the state headquarters of Anambra State, in the presence of security agents, press men and monitored by INEC.
“Kenneth Udeze, James Nwanigbe, and Barr. Malachy have been expelled from this party for almost two years now.
“If you paid attention to his convention and re-election, you would have noticed that there was no security there neither did INEC monitor it.
“The name of our gubernatorial candidate in the forthcoming election in Anambra is Barr. Doreen Ifeoma Madunka Arinsa, when the names of candidates for Anambra will be published by INEC, you will see it there.
“To submit a candidate name now, you have to submit it online, with a code given to the authentic chairman of the party.
“Since we came on as a party, we have conducted more than 20 elections, among them are Governorship election in Edo State, Ondo State, FCT area Council, several by-elections in Adamawa etc. and Kenneth has not conducted even one.”
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