The National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) yesterday accused President Goodluck Jonathan of being the brains behind the current crisis in Rivers State, even as he described his earlier denial as false.
According to a statement issued in Abuja by NANS acting Senate president, Comrade John Shima, the student body gave Jonathan and the federal government a 14-day ultimatum to resolve the crisis.
According to NANS: “President Goodluck Jonathan must stop distancing himself from the matter, because whether he likes it or not, he is vicariously involved in it.
“The directly involvement of the First Lady in the matter, which she publicly admitted when 16 bishops from the South South paid her a courtesy visit at the Presidential Villa last week, implies Mr. President’s tacit involvement in it. Therefore, Mr. President cannot continue to feign ignorance or indifference on this very sensitive matter.”
It warned that if Jonathan failed to heed to the ultimatum, NANS shall be left with no option than to convene its next Senate meeting at Port Harcourt , where it shall take a more decisive position and line of action on the Rivers State crisis.
“For the benefit of foresight, the line of action may include taking over the city of Abuja and paralyzing all economic, social and political activities in the nation’s capital,” it warned.
NANS demanded that adequate security is provided for the Rivers State House of Assembly, so that the legislators can return to work.
“If that is done, then the majority will have their way and progress will be made, which is the true beauty of democracy,” it said.
NANS further demanded for the immediate redeployment of the Rivers State Commissioner of Police, Mr. Mbu Joseph Mbu, who from every indication had become partisan.
