The All Progressives Congress has described as a national embarrassment, the increasing seizure of Nigerian towns by the terrorist group Boko Haram and the reported fleeing of 480 Nigerian soldiers to Cameroon during an attack on a military base in Gamboru-Ngala on Monday.
In a statement issued in Lagos on Tuesday by its National Publicity Secretary, Lai Mohammed, the party called on President Goodluck Jonathan to urgently address the worsening security situation in the northern part of the country before it's too late.
It said in the face of the biggest threat to Nigeria's unity and territorial integrity since the country's civil war, Jonathan must put partisanship aside and rally the nation against Boko Haram, which seems to be getting bolder and stronger, to the extent of hoisting its flag over parts of the nation's territory.
APC also restated its call for an urgent national stakeholders' conference on security that will cut across party lines. It also pledged support for any sincere effort by the Federal Government to end the insurgency.
As a first step, the party said President Jonathan should halt the illegal electioneering campaign by his Ministers, appointees, supporters, saying Nigeria must survive as a nation before any party or individual can rule over it.
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