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The All Progressives Congress says the act of terrorism being perpetuated by Boko Haram is being used as a political tool by the President Goodluck Jonathan-led Federal Government.

The National Publicity Secretary of the party, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, told our correspondent during an interview in Lagos on Monday that Jonathan had been using the abduction of over 200 schoolgirls in Chibok to gain advantage ahead of the 2015 elections.

He said, You will recall that the period when President Jonathan was going to declare his intention to re-contest, he knew that Nigerians would protest because acts of terrorism escalated during his administration.

So, the Presidency began to tell Nigerians that they would rescue the Chibok girls within the next five days and even lied to us all that they had reached a ceasefire with Boko Haram and negotiations were ongoing. Only for Boko Haram to deny it and continue with attacks. He created a hoax only to give himself a clear opportunity to declare.

Mohammed said Jonathan was more concerned with winning the 2015 elections than fighting insecurity.

He said the fracas at the National Assembly wherein lawmakers had to scale the gate in order to gain access to their chambers, showed that Jonathan is not taking insecurity seriously.

He said, The House of Representatives was meant to reconvene on December 3 but because of the Presidents request for an extension of the emergency rule in the North-East, the lawmakers reconvened only to discover that it was a ploy to impeach the Speaker, Aminu Tambuwal.

It is obvious that all that Jonathan is thinking about is to gain advantage ahead of the elections.

Mohammed said happenings in the North-East showed that the military had been compromised by the PDP-led Federal Government.

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